Two days before Memorial Day, local veterans and community members gathered in steady rain to honor fallen service members and reaffirm a commitment to remembrance.
Two days before Memorial Day, local veterans and community members gathered in steady rain to honor fallen service members and reaffirm a commitment to remembrance. United States Navy veteran Bridgit Shoop and her son, Henry, placed flags among the graves of fallen heroes at Chardon Memorial Cemetery during the annual observance. Shoop, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, said she hopes to instill patriotism in her son through participation in ceremonies such as this. “The Chardon (Veterans of Foreign Wars) has been placing flags on veteran’s graves for years now along with many folks from the community,” said Chardon VFW Post...
