If you see this patriotic man and his patriotic children again, please give them a personal thanks from all of us who live too far away to visit our veterans' graves on Memorial Day. What a wonderful gesture that he and his children have taken their time to do. Bless them. Suzanne Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Lamberson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:27 AM Subject: [MOBARRY] Memorial day > Dear Mo Barry researchers, > I saw something yesterday, I just thought I should pass on to you. Ralph > and and I went to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday morning to decorate > graves...we came across a young man and his children putting flags on all > the vets. graves. Of course this is customarily done in lots of > cemeteries by the VFW, I walked over and asked him if he put flags on > just WW1 and WW11 and later? He said no. they try to cover all vets if he > knows who they are! He then told me he inheirted his list, which may not > be very complete from someone else and he tries through obits and notices > ( not always correct) to pick up the name of any vet of any war, buried > in Mt. Pleasant. I told him about my Great Grandfather in the older part > who was a Civil war vet and he told his teen daughter to add him to the > list... He himself is very interested in History and genealogy and has > taken this on as a personal project...his younger child about 10, was > making the holes for the flags and his teen daught! > er was marking the list! he was carrying the flags! They were very > serious in their effort to honor our vets! I shook his hand and thanked > him and told him what a great project! and I am moved by his effort to > instill this respect into his young children!! > He was sort of apologetic that he was running later than usual, he usually > does this on Thursday evening before Memorial day but with so many > children's activities..just couldn't get around to it!! > Thought you might enjoy! > > Betty Lamberson > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message