Global Courant 2023-05-30 04:36:48
The Los Angeles National Cemetery hosted its first public Memorial Day event since 2019, following a shutdown due to the pandemic. Community flowed through the rolling lawns lined with white tombstones to honor loved ones and other veterans.
Jack Knight, 85, who served in the military for four years, returns to the cemetery each Memorial Day and sings a song he wrote, “Hero in My Eyes,” to visitors.
The program also included remarks from Major General Evan Dertian, Commander of the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, music from the 300th Army Band, and historical reenactments.
Jack Knight, 85, an army veteran, walks through Los Angeles National Cemetery on Memorial Day.
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Mounted buffalo soldiers deliver the presentation of colors for the Memorial Day ceremony.
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A visitor stops to take a picture.
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Some visitors left flowers.
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“He is so missed. I never thought I would miss someone so much,” Virginia Morrow of Long Beach said of Albert, her late husband. They had been married for 48 years.
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A young girl in the cemetery.
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