Military Honors

Because my Uncle Paul served in the U.S. Army in WWII, he was accorded an internment ceremony with military honors. We have all seen these ceremonies on television, but it was really impressive to see it in person. There was an honor guard consisting of two sergeants - a woman from the Air Force, and a man from the Army, in addition to a rifle party of three service members, who fired a three-volly salute which was followed by one of them playing taps. Then the flag was removed from where it had been draping the coffin, and was carefully folded into a triangle, and then presented to my aunt Marie. It was a moving ceremony.