Today has been part of a great weekend. I had the honor of being a part of Memorial Day Services at Knollwood Memorial Park down in Mass.
See the link below for more information about this beautiful place. They have 450 full size flags lining the drives in this cemetary. They did two services today at 11 AM and at noon, where they obtain a flag from two families, one at each service, and raise the flag on a tall flagpole, then lower it to half mast. A gun salute is then done followed by Taps (with the echo effect) and finally Amazing Grace played by one of the bagpipers from Campbell Highlanders. As Drum-Major of the Campbell Highlanders, I was extremely proud to be a part of these services, and especially proud to render the salute for the band as the National Anthem was sung and also during the flag ceremony.
http://www.knollwoodmemorial.com/events.html#one
Tomorrow, it is back down to Mass for the Boxford Memorial Day Parade.
Thanks to all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the past, to all those who served and returned, and most especially, remember those who are serving today, both at home and around the world, that we may gather and pay our well-deserved respects.