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Veterans Day is important… and in this house it does not go unrecognized.
Hitting the road with our flower bouquets early yesterday morning, we set out to visit my husband’s family.
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His father is buried in Maine’s largest Veteran cemetery.
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Lovely well kept grounds on the top of a hill…
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With mature trees and many places for peaceful reflection.
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The second family member we visited was my husband’s uncle who was buried just this summer at the new Maine Veterans cemetery.
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This setting is more traditional with endless rows of white headstones.
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Personal endearments are allowed at the bottom…
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Like the AKA Grump my husband’s cousin chose. Perfectly fitting as he was a lovable old grump.
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There’s something about walking through these lines of identical markers that shatters me every time. All those service members who sacrificed for their country.
It’s beautiful… and quite humbling.
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This airman made me smile. I hope he finds some coffee.
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Apparently Crown Royal was more to this soldier’s taste.
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Our final stop of the day wasn’t a Veterans cemetery, just a small country graveyard. Quite a few of the husband’s ancestors are buried here but we’d come to thank his other uncle who fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
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It’s not often you find someone who saw all three.
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River's world..... 
These tributes get me every time…🥺.
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Being surrounded by those white headstones? I blubbered…
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So many to remember. Lovely post.
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So many…
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Wow.
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The sea of headstones must have been what my great grandmother used to visit in Rouen every year. My great grandfather was lost in WWII. Many times I heard my grandmother say “my daddy died 2 weeks before I was born”. Her mother would travel from the UK. I’ve always wanted a photo of him but never found one. Lest we forget.
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How sad, to mourn but never to have known her father. If you truly want a photo you should contact the war department and ask for a copy of his file. There should be one attached.
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Very nice day of remembrance. It’s interesting – and appreciated – that the culture of serving seems to run in families.
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It definitely does in my husband’s family. During the Vietnam war he was there… as was his brother, his uncle, his brother in law and his two cousins.
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Amazing. I wonder how much it adds to the stress of being in war – worrying about the safety of other family members in addition to yourself and the friends you serve with.
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They were all there about the same time. It almost wreaked his mother. Thankfully they all made it home…
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I feel very fortunate to live a life that does not include having to go into battle…and very thankful to those who bravely did as they were asked in order to give me such freedoms in the first place.
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