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Wreaths Across America is calling out for volunteers for its upcoming event at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly.
Veterans Day is on Monday, Nov. 11. Businesses and organizations throughout Metro Detroit are celebrating and honoring veterans to thank them for their service.
Great Lakes National Cemetery held a service Friday for the unclaimed or unaccompanied veterans who were interred there over the past year.
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FRASER, Mich. – A Macomb County man is grieving not only his father’s untimely death, but the theft of his father’s remains and the rest of his belongings. He’s said he doesn’t care about the Jeep, he just want his father’s belongings back. There’s paintings in there of my father,” Justin said. Justin’s now offering a $15,000 reward for his father’s belongings, but he fears it may be too late for the vehicle. Plans were being made to make sure his father remains were honorably laid to rest.
HOLLY, Mich. - Fourteen fallen veterans with no known family members were honored during a ceremony Wednesday at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. The Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the event that gave the fallen heroes full military honors, which includes a 21-gun salute, taps and the folding of an American flag, which the president of the United States gives to family or friends of the service member. "The 14 that we honor today, this is giving them the recognition they deserve, and we as Daughters and community are filling in for the family of these men," Gina Lacroix said. Attendees took roses with the names of the veterans and put them on their headstones. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.
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