I have an amazing respect for this place. It is an honor to walk the grounds and reading the names of those who sacrificed their lives so that I may be free. The markers of the unknown soldiers from the Civil War and the Spanish American War make me think of the families that never knew what happened to their loved on.
The grave marker of US Army Nurse Corps Officer Captain Maria Ortiz who died in Iraq on July 10, 2007. The first US Army Nurse to die in combat since Vietnam.
Retired US Navy Captain Charles Burlingame III was the Captain of the flight that crashed into the Pentagon. His family visits his grave weekly to lay fresh flowers.
Section 21, a place of honor for Military Nurses. A place that is difficult to walk through.
Section 60 contains those we have lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. In the middle of the white grave markers sits a mother. She comes everyday to visit her son.
It is a very humbling feeling to walk amongst the white stones marking those heroic individuals not afraid to stand up for what they believed in.
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