Handled With Care
The flag lowering ceremony at the American Military Cemetery near Cambridge in England.
I've seen this ceremony conducted so many times on TV and in films, but this was the first time I'd ever witnessed it at first hand: it was quite a moving experience to see the care with which the flag was handled.
The Cemetery commemorates the names of nearly nine thousand US military service personnel who gave their lives during WW2: 3,812 are actually buried here, and a further 5,127 names are remembered on Tablets of the Missing.
As well as ground forces, a great many of the casualties died as a result of flying missions over Europe, or at sea during the Battle of the Atlantic.
www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/cambridge-americ...
Handled With Care
The flag lowering ceremony at the American Military Cemetery near Cambridge in England.
I've seen this ceremony conducted so many times on TV and in films, but this was the first time I'd ever witnessed it at first hand: it was quite a moving experience to see the care with which the flag was handled.
The Cemetery commemorates the names of nearly nine thousand US military service personnel who gave their lives during WW2: 3,812 are actually buried here, and a further 5,127 names are remembered on Tablets of the Missing.
As well as ground forces, a great many of the casualties died as a result of flying missions over Europe, or at sea during the Battle of the Atlantic.
www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/cambridge-americ...