The Price

The Memphis National Cemetery has scores of headstones marked this way. I don't know what war they are from, but there are veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars buried here, maybe even some Civil War veterans. It is a powerful place, overflowing with the testament of the sacrifices these men and women made to support our country and defend freedom around the world.

I was also struck by how many veterans buried here were not war casualties but chose to be buried here after long lives that had included service to our country, usually in their young years. So many patriots, in so many different ways.

Rest in peace.

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