{"id":38806,"date":"2013-12-10T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T22:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38806"},"modified":"2013-12-10T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T22:56:39","slug":"missing-in-america-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38806","title":{"rendered":"Missing in America Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

AW1Ed sends us a link to Fox News<\/a> about the Missing in America Project<\/a> which insures that veterans get the burial that they deserve;<\/p>\n

Like other veterans identified by the organization, Goulet said Friday\u2019s group of South Carolina soldiers from Charleston, Horry and Lexington counties went unclaimed most likely because they had no known living relatives to claim their remains, leaving their cremated remains destined to languish in funeral homes and on shelves at coroners’ offices. In other cases, the remains may be abandoned by family members who could not afford to cover burial costs, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also have a Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Along the same lines, Jilly sends us link to Opposing Views<\/a> which says that Wreaths Across America<\/a> is falling short of their goals this year, I suppose because the troops have fallen to a back bench behind all of the other crap going on in the country today.<\/p>\n

The practice began in 1992 when Worcester Wreath Company donated 5000 wreaths to Arlington National Cemetary, who decides where the wreaths are placed. However, as the size of the donation increased, members of Wreaths Across America have always decorated headstones in Section 60, the resting place for many soldiers of the current conflicts. Last year, according to The Washington Post, the group was able to lay 110,600 wreaths, amounting to a little over a third of all Arlington headstones. On top of that, the group was also able to lay 400,000 wreaths in veteran cemeteries across the country.<\/p>\n

This year, however, they failed to raise around $525,000 that they needed to hit their goals. Thus, this year only 100,000 wreaths will be sent to Arlington. Fortunately, another 370,000 to 400,000 wreaths will ship to about 900 cemeteries this year, up one hundred from 2012, according to the Associated Press. So, despite individual donations being down, the group\u2019s outreach continues to expand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do what you will with that information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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