Memorial Day 2019

I tried to get a good photo. A few years ago, when people were stealing copper wiring from air conditioning systems, someone thought it waa a good idea to steal the brass vases off headstones. We came to visit my mother’s grave and found the stone literally cracked in half. It looked as though someone had tried to yank the vase out of it with a truck. The tracks were still very visible, as it dug into the soft soil.
I don’t know how they fixed it, but this is what it looks like today. As you can see, my mother served as a U S Army nurse during WWII. In fact, that’s how my parents met, as she was his nurse upon his return from his harrowing experience as a POW of the Japanese.
Although Memorial Day is for soldiers who have died in battle, I still honor my mother, as she died in her battle against cancer.
I would say more about my father, as well, but I want to wait until I get a photo of his grave. He’s buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Maybe I’ll write about him on Veterans Day…
Who are you memorializing today?
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