Memorial Day

[kokonut]

God bless them.

 

[Babyblue]

Wirelessly posted

In memory of all those who served.

 

[Bottesini]

 

[Reba]

Today at 3 p.m. is the nationwide moment of remembrance.

 

[kokonut]

We had our remembrance of Memorial Day from 11 to 12 PM (Pacific Time) at La Grande, Oregon. There were over 220 flags flying at Grandview Cemetary. Each flag flying on a pole once draped a coffin of a soldier killed while in service. I sat near the front while the chaplain spoke (see photo below) for nearly 40 minutes with stories and honoring the fallen and the living. It was a great speech. I understood him clearly. Also there were the Patriot Guard Riders.

The same cemetery I visited the grave of Jake Reed, a cousin of mine whose son is Jake, who died in 1995 at age 19 from cancer. It was my first time seeing his grave site. My daughters and I roamed the cemetery looking at old marble headstones as old as 1882.

At exactly 12 PM on the nose a jet made a flyover in remembrance of those who died while in service, and honoring veterans alive today.

I thanked a vet today by shaking his hand. It was a beautiful day to pay tribute those who served on making sure that we have our freedom. It was repeated a few times during the chaplain's speech that freedom is never free. Remember that folks.

 

[Reba]

Kokonut, nice pictures.

TCS and I are members of the Patriot Guard Riders. It's nice to hear that they were at the ceremony that you attended.

 

[kokonut]

Kokonut, nice pictures.

TCS and I are members of the Patriot Guard Riders. It's nice to hear that they were at the ceremony that you attended.

Thank you.

Yeah. They had their yellow colored bands around their calves otherwise I wouldn't have noticed.