National Guard Soldiers Honor Civil War Dead by Cleaning Tombstones
18 Aug 2020
The Associated Press | By CORA VAN OLSON
YANKTON, S.D. — On a recent Sunday, soldiers from Bravo Battery took the morning to brush away years of dirt and moss on the tombstones of men who fought in the Civil War, and gained an appreciation of the broader task of honoring all who served this country.
The graves are located in the vicinity of the Phil Kearney, Post No. 7, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial in Yankton’s city cemetery.
The idea for the project came from Staff Sgt. Rob Buechler of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion of the South Dakota National Guard, who had seen a Facebook video about a man who regularly cared for soldiers’ tombstones — and even developed his own cleaning solution.
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