I drove to Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetary to place flowers on my mother's grave.
I was turned away at the gate because they were holding some memorial day event.
I'm not against honoring veterans and those who lost their lives - but I was really disappointed that I wasn't even allowed a couple of minutes to put flowers down for my deceased mom. I had even brought an extra bunch of flowers to place on a random war veteran's grave. Both sets of flowers wilted on the hot car ride home.
.....Kelly