Sunday, May 25, 2014

I was sitting in my apartment this morning wondering what I could do today.  What kind of mischief I could get into and what was cheap.  Then it struck me to do something that was meaningful and maybe appropriate.  You see, San Antonio, and more specifically Ft Sam Houston has a very large National Cemetery.

I am somewhat ashamed to say that it has been since the 70's since I have been there.  What is so sad is that so many young soldiers are now there.  So I went over to take a few pictures and thought I would share a few.

What was no nice today was the flag was not flying at half-staff.  That means that no funerals were scheduled for today.  And, I remember as a youngster growing up in So. Illinois and being in the Cub Scouts that every year for Memorial Day we would go to the National Cemetery and place flags at every head stone.  This is still being done by the scouts.  From what I understand. because this cemetery is so large, it took them a couple of days to accomplish this feat.  So my hat is off to the scouting program.






The bells, benches and the above plaque are near the front entrance to the cemetery.  The benches represents Medal of Honor recipients.  These are just three of many.




It has always amazed me just how all headstones are in neat rows and how they all look whether looking straight down, diagonally or left to right.  They are lined up.






These last two pictures are of a husband and wife.  His name and service information is on the front side of the headstone and her's in on the reverse.  For those that don't know, when husband and wife are buried, they are stacked.



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