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Anthony L. Meizis, an 80 year old Navy Vietnam veteran, never married. No kids, no wife, only one living relation, who has health problems and was unable to attend Meizis’ funeral\u00a0 Friday.<\/p>\n
That’s when McDonald Keohane Funeral Home Director Cara Johnson sent a Facebook message to the Massachusetts Department of the American Legion Riders, advising them that Meizis was going to be buried alone.<\/p>\n
Vice Commander Andrew Pajak received the message. “No veteran should ever be left to go alone,” he told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
Pajak told Fox News Digital that he took the message to Facebook, expecting typical engagement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, that didn’t happen. What did happen was 16,000 likes. 2100 shares. And over 300 motorcycle riders showed up to escort Meizis on his last trip.<\/p>\n
Meizis’ funeral escort lined the streets to the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Massachusetts State Representative Steve Xiarhos, himself a Gold Star father, shared with Fox News Digital after livestreaming Meizis’ funeral procession that “I was honored to help organize and join hundreds of others in bringing our fallen Veteran home to rest.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know a lot of service organizations catch grief due to some of the posers and pretenders in them – but it’s at times like this that we can see why they were founded and why they are still needed. Good on Ms. Johnson, good on all the participants – fair winds and following seas to Mr. Meizis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"