Memorial Day

Fort Snelling National Cemetery - Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Today we celebrate Memorial Day and honor those who served our country. Each Friday at the start of the long Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I make the rounds to the local cemeteries and visit our departed relatives. Two of my uncles (one my Godfather) along with my Grandfather, (who served in WW I as a pilot), rest here at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Over the hill behind them is the airport, a fitting place to rest for both Grandfather and his son. My uncle worked at this very airport as a jetliner mechanic.

For more information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Snelling_National_Cemetery

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Memorial Flowers
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Collerville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
The cemetery is located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel. It covers 70 ha (172 acres), and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. The graves face westward, towards the United States.

For more information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial

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