On this Memorial Day, Jeff Glor reports on a quiet group of volunteers, the Arlington Ladies, who honor fallen heroes by ensuring that no one is buried at Arlington Cemetery without someone there to remember them.
"Arlington Ladies" Pay Tribute To Dead Veterans -- CBS News
Volunteers go to every funeral at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery to ensure no service member's burial is unattended.
Every current or former U.S. service member laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery gets a special honor from a member of a special group of women, known as "The Arlington Ladies."
As co-anchor Jeff Glor reported on "The Early Show" on Memorial Day, they attend every single burial at the cemetery - around 30 a day on average - to make sure no veteran is laid to rest without a civilian witness - to say, as Glor put it, "to say, on behalf of the military and their country, 'You are not forgotten."'
"The significance of Arlington national cemetery is almost overwhelming," Joayn Bahr, one of the roughly 65 Arlington Ladies, told CBS News. She is an Army representative from the Arlington Ladies.
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My Comment: No one is never alone .... even at the end. These volunteers get a big thumbs up from me.
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