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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Around Nation, Gravesites of Veterans in Shocking Disrepair

The final resting places for many of the men and women who fought America’s wars have fallen into shocking disrepair, with neglect, theft and vandalism prompting veterans groups to question the nation's commitment to honoring its dead soldiers.

Advocates say smaller federal, state, county and private cemeteries that contain the graves of service members are often poorly kept, marked by crumbling headstones, overgrown with weeds and littered with debris. Perhaps even worse, many veterans' gravesites have been targets of vandalism and theft.

“It’s a pattern that you’re seeing across the country right now," said Tim Tetz, national legislative director for the American Legion. "You have cemeteries being expanded or added to with less or the same number of people caring for the grounds.”

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anything possibly patriotic Democrats want to destroy.

Anonymous said...

Maybe along with PBJ the courts could make people do community service. Make them go out and take care of these places. There are many people sitting on their butt collecting money they never earned and have no intention of going out to earn money. I say if they want money they can work for it. This would be something they could do! Give them a push mower some clippers and a bucket of water to clean the stones with and make them work!

Anonymous said...

You mean like welfare people 9:07?
How could you ever suggest such a thing? Don't you know these people have been demoralized enough and to MAKE them do anything will only lower their self esteem even more?
How dare anyone ask these people to contribute something worthwild to society in exchange for free food, housing, medical care.

Anonymous said...

9:41
Sarcasm noted. Maybe sine they have been demoralized we need to give them some good morals so they will get up off their duffs and get something productive done!

Anonymous said...

How is this a democrat problem? Cemeteries that are privately owned/operated or ones owned by churches that don't pay taxes should be maintained by those companies. Families should honor their deceased. Its not the governments responsibility to tidy up anyones grave.

Anonymous said...

9:05 takes a real idiot to turn this into some kind of partisan battle.

Anonymous said...

Democrats hold the purse strings, And there is no doubt how they hate America.