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Mini-Reunion
- October 2008
Boomer
Brats at Arlington National Military Cemetery
Sam,
Flip, Don, and Tom met up for an afternoon of paying respects to departed family
and friends who are interred at Arlington. This was also a mini-reunion to
bid "hasta la vista" to Sam who moved to Europe. After spending
time in the cemetery visiting graves and placing flowers at the sites, we took a
short tour of Fort Myer's Caisson Platoon where the horses, tack, and caissons
for the funerals are stabled and maintains. We then adjourned to a local
seafood tavern to enjoy some crab cakes and to hoist a few to departed loved
ones and friends.
More
pictures of this outing to follow...
Sam
and Flip at Tom's Dad's grave and near others.
 
The
new US Air Force Memorial from a distance - It sits prominently on a hill
overlooking the side of the Pentagon that was damaged on 9/11.
Picture
of the USAF Memorial shortly after it was dedicated in 2006. -- Flip
at the grave of a departed Coast Guard friend.
Rare
vintage McClellan saddles
used by caisson horses in formal military funerals using horse drawn
caissons.
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