About 25 of us stood silently holding small American flags while the chaplain read a short prayer and a recording of the National Anthem was played. Then a student representing Lehighton High School read a moving essay she had written about sacrifice and patriotism.
Five veterans standing on the cemetery raised their rifles and fired a volley into the air. This was followed by a man with a coronet who played “Taps.” It was a ceremony that could have taken place 50 years ago. It reminded me how America once was, and I hope may be again at some point in the future.
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ReplyDeleteMy sister Jaye was a Marine. In July of 1982, she was just out of boot camp a few months and was tragically killed in a car accident while stationed in California. She had a military funeral and ever since then, every time I hear taps, I tear up. She would be horrified by how Trump demeaned our troops by the things he said at West Point and on Memorial Day. He's such an embarrassment.
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