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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3236020" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>If I'm in town, I always participate in putting flags on Veterans graves at the local cemeteries with the VFW post I belong to. It's a sobering duty and some bring their kids or grandkids and sometime take a moment over a certain grave to talk to the kids about when that conflict occurred, or maybe they knew that person and want to expound some history. You never know what was said, you just see them talking.</p><p>You don't need to be a veteran to help.</p><p></p><p>My last active duty station was Ft Leavenworth Ks and there was a National Cemetery right next door so got to look at it every day going to work. </p><p>Our unit volunteered among others to put flags on the graves and was amazed at the number of unknown soldiers graves. For some reason, thought there was only one at Arlington, but there were rows and rows of them there. Most from the war between the states but some more recent. </p><p>You just stand there looking at the headstones and wonder what family never got to properly bury their loved one and how they must have felt watching their loved one leave and possibly never another word from them. They were just gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3236020, member: 5412"] If I'm in town, I always participate in putting flags on Veterans graves at the local cemeteries with the VFW post I belong to. It's a sobering duty and some bring their kids or grandkids and sometime take a moment over a certain grave to talk to the kids about when that conflict occurred, or maybe they knew that person and want to expound some history. You never know what was said, you just see them talking. You don't need to be a veteran to help. My last active duty station was Ft Leavenworth Ks and there was a National Cemetery right next door so got to look at it every day going to work. Our unit volunteered among others to put flags on the graves and was amazed at the number of unknown soldiers graves. For some reason, thought there was only one at Arlington, but there were rows and rows of them there. Most from the war between the states but some more recent. You just stand there looking at the headstones and wonder what family never got to properly bury their loved one and how they must have felt watching their loved one leave and possibly never another word from them. They were just gone. [/QUOTE]
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