Charles Stevens was a member of the United States Armed forces. So he was eligible for a veteran’s burial in the cemetery along Chagrin Boulevard out near 271.
Thousands of flags represent thousands of dead armed services members. Their headstones are flat with the grass, and the grass grows over the stone so it is hard to read their names.
I asked the lady who it was that she was visiting…
She said she was visiting her husband, Charles Stevens, but her son was buried here too.
I had a hard time keeping my composure.
The wind was blowing all the flags out straight.
She knew her husband’s stone was the 13th from the adjacent roadway, but she couldn’t find the right row. I offered to help and used my shoe to brush the grass off the stones so the names could be read.
I thanked her for her husband’s service.
This cemetery is occupied by many veterans who did not perish in battle…they passed naturally in 1980, or 1981 (and other non-combat years) after serving in WWII or Vietnam.
What a Waste!
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