U.S. Marine Veteran Gerry Brooks of Maine died and was abandoned at a funeral home. Once word got out, Veterans and Mainers came together to honor Brooks.
Maine is lined with amazing coastline views, incredible wildlife and hundreds of natural reasons people flock here to visit. But in the small town of Bucksport, some of that natural beauty has taken a backseat to perhaps the towns greatest attraction, the cursed tomb of Colonel Jonathan Buck...
Ricky Harrington will get to the old Veteran's Cemetery, on Route 27 in Augusta, early Monday morning, to set up the beautiful memorial he created. Later, beginning at 10AM, he will stand at attention for 3 continuous hours without a break paying homage to those veterans who have passed.
Kite flying in a cemetery? What do you think? I watched a bunch of kids and two adults weave in and around head stones and one kid even sitting on a headstone as they were flying a kite in a cemetery Sunday afternoon. I thought maybe a family member who loved kites was there, but even with that, it seemed wrong to go running all over these other people’s graves. Am I off base?
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I left my friends at Northern Highlights in Fairfield today, after delivering lunch, with directions to the cemetery where 6-year-old Avery Jean Lane is buried. I drove to the cemetery and quickly found her decorated grave.