Greenlawn cemetery honoring veterans by giving headstones to soldiers in unmarked graves

Greenlawn cemetery honoring veterans by giving headstones to soldiers in unmarked graves

THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIALFOR MEMORIAL DAY.THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF UNMARKEDGRAVES OFSOLDIER RESTING HERE.

WHO DON'THAVE A HEADSTONE ANDNOW GREEN LAWN IS CHANGING THATWITH OPERATIONHEADSTONE.OPERATION HEADSTONE HAS BEEN INTHE WORKS FOR THEPAST TWELVE YEARS WITH LOCALVETERANS IN OURCOMMUNITY PUSHING TO HAVE THEIRBROTHERS AND SISTERS WHOARE RESTING IN CEMETERIES TOHAVE A PROPER HEADSTONE FORTHEIR SACRIFICE FOR SERVINGTHEIR COUNTRY.

WAYNE RIGHT ANDAND BILL POTTER ARE TWO OFTHOSE VETERANS WHO MADE THISPOSSIBLE.WE ARE IN MEMORIAL WEEKEND..MEMORIALIS FOR THE VETERANS NEVER CAMEHOME.

.NOW THEIR MISSION IS ALMOSTCOMPLETE,GREEN LAWN HAS ANNOUNCED THATTHEY WILL BE PLACING NEWGRAVE MARKERS FOR THOSE SOLDIERSON THEIR GROUNDS.ALREADY FOR MEMORIAL DAY THECEMETERY HAS PLACED AFLAG AT EACH GRAVE OF AVETERAN..

--IN TOTAL 4,000VETERANS ARE RESTING HERE.IT BOTHERED US AS VETERANS THATWE WERE PUTTING FLAGS ON PIECESOF TURFON VETERANS DAY AND NOBODY KNEWTHAT THIS WAS A SOLDIER AND NOWTHANKS TO THEW GENEROSITY OFGREEN LAWN THERE IS CLOSURE..ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OFGREEN LAWN JIM LAMAR, THEREARE A TOTAL OF 400 UNMARKEDGRAVES BELONGING TOVETERANS AND THEY WILL BECOVERING THE COSTS WHICHWILL TOTAL ROUND 16,000DOLLARS..

AS THE GOVERNMENTWILL PROVIDE THE MARKERS.MEANING NO FAMILY OF AVETERAN HAS TO BARE THE COSTS.I DON'T THINK ANYONE THAT HASSERVEDEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD BEFORGOTTEN.

BUT WHEN YOU WALKTHROUGH THE CEMETERY AS THEYINDICATED AND THERE IS NO STONETHEREINDICATING THAT THIS PERSON GAVEUP PART OF THEIR LIFE TO SERVEOUR COUNTRY..SOME CASES THEY DIED IN ACTIVEDUTY AND THAT NOON HAS MARKEDTHAT GIVEAND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY AREWE JUST DECIDED ITS THE RIGHTTHING TO DO TOMAKE SURE ITS DONE..THE DUO ADDS THAT THEY FACEDMANY OBSTACLES GETTING THEHEADSTONES DUE TO PROTOCOL.BECAUSE THERE WAS PROTOCOL INPLACETHAT SAID WE HAD TO GET FAMILYPERMISSION BEFORE WE TOUCHED ANYPLOT.

AND NOW WE ARE =JUST GOINGTO PUT HEADSTONES AND IF WE GETACOMPLAINT WE WILL TAKE IT UP.WHEN WE ASKED THE GROUP WHY THEYWERE SO MANY UNMARKEDGRAVES FOR THESES SOLDIERS..THE REASONINGVARIED FOR ESCH INDIVIDUALS.I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT A FAMILYWOULDN'T WANT THIS BUT FAMILY'SGET STRAINED..

THERE COULDBE..THEY WEREN'T FOND OF THEIRDAD, BROTHER, UNCLE, OR MOMSSISTER WHOEVER WHO WAS A VETTHAT PASSED AWAY.

IT COULD BEECONOMICS..

THERE ARE A MILLIONREASONS.ON MONDAY A CEREMONY WILL BEHELD FOR THE FIRST UNMARKEDSOLIDER WILL RECEIVE THEIRHEADSTONE AND HONOR..WE ARE ACTUALLY COMING TO ALOCATION.

OF A PERSON E ARESETTING A TONE FOR HIS FAMILYTOMORROW..SHANNON GROVE WILL BEHERE OUR SENATOR AND ITSSYMBOLIC OFTHIS PERSONS GRAVE MARKED ANDEVERYONE THAT WALKS BY THATGRAVEWILL KNOW THAT THEY SERVED ANDPROTECTED OUR COUNTRY ANDSTARTING TODAY WE ARE GOING TOMAKE SURE EVERYONE AT GREEN LAWNISRECOGNIZED.: AND PRESDIENT LAMAR SAYS THEYARE HOPING TO HAVE OPERATIONHEADSTONE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEARAND IS URGING OUTER CEMETERIESTO DO THE SAME FOR NOWBAKERSFIELD LEZLA GOODEN 23ABC .THOUGH THE PANDEMIC AND SOCIALDISTANCINGTHOUGH THE PANDEMIC AND SOCIALDISTANCING