R.I.P. A very moving funeral experience

[MNRSports]

Recently I attended a funeral with my wife for one of her blood relatives. The gentleman and patriot in question was a Vietnam Vet. He was laid to rest in the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery near Canton. I had never visited that place.

Here are my take aways....

The place is spiritual. Extremely humbling and solemn. And beautiful and peaceful. One can almost sense a "protective air" on the property, so to speak.

Every time I have witnessed a funeral with military honors it gets to me. The Honor Guard composed of elderly retired Marines were powerful and impressive. It was complete with a 3 shot solute. The young Marines who presented the flag were flawless. When the young Marine took a knee to present the flag to the widow and THANK HER, the entire crowd lost emotional control. God was there.

Given the back drop of the times in which we live, the overall experience was extremely moving. May God continue to bless America. May we never forgot the sacrifices of so many.

 

[Rgrbulldog]

Thank you for sharing that sir!

 

[coach482]

My mom is buried there, as will my Dad when his time comes.

 

[HERMET]

I had the unfortunate experience and the honor of attending the funeral of a fine young soldier several years ago at the Ga Veterans Memorial cemetery in Glenville.
The entire place was beautifully laid out and the service was both poignant and refreshing in its dedication to the honor of the lost.
If you can sit there dry eyed with the pipes playing "Amazing Grace" then you haven't a heart in your chest.

 

[fattboyzz]

I was honored to be a part of my wifes grandfathers funeral which was similar .
He was a Veteran . His coffin was draped with Old Glory. Three soildiers fired 3 shots 3 times at graveside after we toated him to his resting place . It had great meaning to me especially since I was denied the attendance to my own ww2 Veteran grandfathers funeral about the same time.
It was a somber afternoon at Holly Hill

 

[Tazz]

Recently I attended a funeral with my wife for one of her blood relatives. The gentleman and patriot in question was a Vietnam Vet. He was laid to rest in the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery near Canton. I had never visited that place.

Here are my take aways....

The place is spiritual. Extremely humbling and solemn. And beautiful and peaceful. One can almost sense a "protective air" on the property, so to speak.

Every time I have witnessed a funeral with military honors it gets to me. The Honor Guard composed of elderly retired Marines were powerful and impressive. It was complete with a 3 shot solute. The young Marines who presented the flag were flawless. When the young Marine took a knee to present the flag to the widow and THANK HER, the entire crowd lost emotional control. God was there.

Given the back drop of the times in which we live, the overall experience was extremely moving. May God continue to bless America. May we never forgot the sacrifices of so many.

When I was still riding motorcycles I was honored to be able to ride with the Patriot Guard Riders as escorts for fallen Heroes to their final resting place. Each mission was emotionally draining, the hardest one for me was a young man my son went all through school with and had been at my house numerous times. They both joined the Air Force in ‘06, Nick became a pilot and flew classified recon missions out of Djibouti Africa. He and 3 others were killed in an “accident” in February 2012, we also heard their plane was hit by a rocket. Anyway, close to 300 of us met the plane bringing his body back to Newnan and escorted him to funeral home. A day or two later we escorted him from the church to the same cemetery my family is buried in. Full military honors and the missing man flyover. When the bugler played Taps off in the distance, I don’t think there was a single person there that didn’t have tears pouring down their faces. Military funerals really get to me too, I’ve been to too many of them....

 

[imawoodsman]

It brings me to TEARS just reading this!
Allergies, I guess!
Thank you for sharing your heartwarming experience!

 

[Bellman2]

I had the honor of arranging my father in laws military funeral. He was a humble man about his service, a submariner during WWII, server on the Wahoo and the Tang. He told me that he didn't think he deserved a military funeral, but by damned he got one. In my eyes he did more than I could have done. Fair winds and a following seas "PeeWee"

 

[Overwatch1]

Damn, something is in my eyes again. SEMPER FI.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Thanks for posting OP.....

There's lots of beautiful sadness at that place.

These stories rip at me. https://www.wsav.com/news/military/...omeless-veteran-at-georgia-national-cemetery/