Today the Baroness, the ever lovely Lady Nib and your faithful correspondent visited the internment site of the Baron at the Riverside National Cemetery.
Being Memorial Day, there was a lot of traffic on the road to the cemetery and within the cemetery. Small flags were placed over the grave sites and many people had come to pay tribute to their loved ones who had served in the various wars that the United States has waged to preserve its own independence, as well as the freedoms enjoyed in other nations.
While in the cemetery this writer noted that there were many visitors riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles and that there were no visitors driver Mercedes-Benz, BMW or Lexus cars. Almost all the automobiles that this writer saw were of the work-a-day type driven by people who work for others type. And this observation made this writer wonder if it were not a true thing that the people who appreciate the sacrifices of those who have gone before really appreciate their freedoms more than those who see the nation as a money generating machine.
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