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    1. [MOBARRY] Memorial day
    2. Betty Lamberson
    3. 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 daughter 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

    05/29/2010 03:27:51