Utterly disgraceful. Although this was apparently a policy, it had been long ignored. Many families were unaware of it and had not been told. Precious mementos of their loved ones were thrown in the trash. As our Vets march to be able to access their own memorials at the #1MVetMarch, the indignities done to them and to their families continue…
Via Daily Mail:
The carefully-chosen mementos that cover graves in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery offer a deeply personal glimpse into the lives of grieving military families.
These reminders have now been scrubbed away following a new policy which has banned family and friends from placing tributes on the graves.
Headstones have been stripped of photos, drawings and poignant notes, in particular those in Section 60, home to the graves of more than 800 service members killed while doing their duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An Arlington spokesman said they were responding to complaints that the cemetery was looking too disorderly, and said the section needed to follow the same rules as the rest of the site.
