Monday, May 28, 2012

so many flags







Resthaven Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas, 11 a.m. Monday. Memorial Day events begin with a flyover of the Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16’s Jayhawk Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. A service will follow with speakers U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer.


A morning walk through the local cemetery - preparations are underway for a Memorial Day program. The employees are out straightening flags and picking up stray flowers.

Soldiers arrive in big green trucks and jeeps.

Families place flowers.

A peaceful place.

So many flags.

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