Memorial Day

As you can tell I am still working to catch up my blog posts after being absent from them from quite sometime.
Memorial Day this year found us once again at the Veterans Program at the Spanish Fork Cemetery.

God bless our troops currently serving our country in any capacity.

Ruby takes some time to smell the flowers.

A 21 one gun salute

Then taps is played. I have always wondered what the lyric to this were so I am including them in my post. Very touching.

Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.

Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight

Ruby putting a flower on her Great Grandpa's grave.

Here Ruby is sitting by the flag set out in honor of my dad. Though he didn't go to Vietnam he served during the Vietnam war.

Reading the name

She gets a little help from Grandma

Looking at other flags and paying respect to all of the other service men and woman who have passed on.