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observances begin today with Flags-in ~
The soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard) will be placing flags before each of the gravestones and niches in Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldier's and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.
Every available soldier in the unit will participate, placing the small flags one foot in front of each of the more than 280,000 gravestones and niches of service members laid to rest in the two cemeteries.
The event is known as "flags-in" and it has been observed before Memorial Day weekend each year since 1948. The 3rd Infantry soldiers will remain in the cemeteries throughout the weekend to be sure the flags are undisturbed.
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The old guys are sitting outside the markets & other places of business around town taking donations and giving the poppies out.
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Holy shit!!! Flanders field works for memorial day AND veterans day!!! :B
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link to LIFE magazine's photos of Arlington Cemetery, Hallowed Ground:
http://www.life.com/gallery/26692/arling...ss#index/0
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All the good ones aren't in Arlington. I bet there's some buried in every town in America.
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God bless all that have supreme sacrificed, those that are currently sacrificing, and those who will supreme sacrifice.
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Amazing Grace equals automatic tears here. Hell, you could play it at Octoberfest and I'd probabaly start crying.
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