Monday, December 22, 2008

Laying Wreaths at Arlington

On the 13th of December we went to Arlington to be a part of the laying of the Christmas wreaths. Arlington is a very special place just on a regular day, but if you ever have the opportunity to be a part of this activity I would highly encourage you to do so. We were there very early, at around 6:30 am. The state police from Maine escorted the semi trucks all the way from Maine to Arlington. It was a very touching sight to watch as those big trucks came through the cemetery...


This is a picture that Jerry took before...




This is a shot of the crowd before we started...they estimated that there were about 3,000 people that came out to help.





This is the line, waiting to get the wreaths...everyone was there for different reasons. There were three brothers that stood in front of us (their ages from about 60 to 75), they were there because they had a brother buried there. There were folks of all ages, young and old...the Georgetown Football team was there, there were boy scouts and girls scouts, families, young soldiers were there to help. It was just a great event...I think the pictures speak for themselves...








































It was a very special day for us, a day that made us think about real sacrifice, that made us thankful, made us feel humbled and made us so very proud to be an Americans.











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