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HaikuToday 31may10 - Memorial Day
250,000 flags, one in front of each grave, are placed in Arlington National Cemetery…
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Memorial Day...

will we ever forget? What

will we remember?


                                                                               (familiar form)



memorial day...

flags mark every place

to remember


                                                                               (modern form)


"The time-honored tradition of “Flags In” at Arlington National Cemetery is scheduled to begin after funerals are complete for the day on Thursday, May 27.

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) will be joined by service members from the U.S. Marine Corps Ceremonial and Guard Company, U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard in placing small American flags, known as grave decorating flags, on the gravesites of all who rest at Arlington National Cemetery for the Memorial Day weekend.

“Flags In” has been conducted annually since the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) was designated as the Army’s official ceremonial unit in 1948. Flags are placed one foot in front and centered before each headstone in the cemetery. Flags will also be placed at the Tomb of the Unknowns by the Tomb Sentinels and at the cemetery’s Columbarium.

It will take approximately three hours to place the more than 250,000 flags.

All flags will be removed on Tuesday, June 1 before the cemetery opens to the public." (excerpt from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/News/FlagsIn2010.html).

To learn more, go to the Arlington National Cemetery web site.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/index.htm


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