Today is a day set aside for Americans to remember and honor US military personnel who have died in the service of our country. Historians estimate that nearly 1.2 million have given their lives for us in America's 249-year history. It is worth noting that nearly half of those died in non-combat roles, reminding us that just serving asks our young men and women to risk their lives every day.
Please take a silent moment today to think of all those individual sacrifices, as every one was its own story, along with their family members who also sacrificed their loved ones.
Please take a silent moment today to think of all those individual sacrifices, as every one was its own story, along with their family members who also sacrificed their loved ones.
Natchez National Cemetery
In 2016 Patti & I were on a motorcycle tour through the beautiful state of Mississippi, and spent a night at an idyllic bed & breakfast in Natchez, MS, situated on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. Next morning, just after sunrise, I grabbed a cup of steaming coffee and wandered across the quiet rural street to find the Nachez National Cemetery (photo above). Alone in the cool, moist calm, I walked the gravel paths and read the tombstones and the historical kiosks. This place, like many of the early National Cemeteries, was founded soon after the Civil War, in this case 1866. It's small by National Cemetery standards, but its 11 acres makes for a beautiful, peaceful resting place for the more than 7000 soldiers interred here. Cemeteries are moving places, this one especially so on this solemn Mississippi morning.
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