We took a special trip out today to Pinelawn National Cemetary in Pinelawn, NY to commemorate Memorial Day today. I used to lay the flags on the tombstones as a kid in Boy Scouts here, and I was hoping to photograph them doing it today, but I think I was a day late.... Literally tens of thousands of America's veterans are buried here, and it's pretty awe inspiring to see how many men and women gave their service to our country - and many gave their lives.....
As a kid growing up in peacetime, I don't think we understood the sacrifice people gave then.... We do now though.
The flags line the sides of Memorial Drive...
A monument erected in 1940, just before hundreds of thousands of other Americans would die in War...
Whether it's a single marker......
Or hundreds, we hope they reminded you of why we have today off... If you see a soldier tell them Thank You...
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