The pictures are taken at the beach in Santa Barbara right next to the pier.
There is a veterans group that started putting a cross and candle for every death in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The amazing thing is that they only do it on the weekends.
They put up this graveyard and take it down every weekend.
Guys sleep in the sand next to it and keep watch over it at night so nobody messes with it.
Every cross has the name, rank and D.O.B. and D.O.D. on it.
Very moving, very powerful??? so many young volunteers.
So many 30 to 40 year olds as well.
Amazing !
Prayer for our soldiers:'Heavenly Father, hold our troops in Your loving hands Protect them as they protect us
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us in this our
time of need.
Amen.'
Thanks to Doug.
UPDATE FROM THE COMMENTS: Carlos said...
Those veterans comprise Chapter 54 of Veterans for Peace. They honor the fallen and advocate for getting the live ones out of Afghanistan.
Carlos J
Chief Petty Officer, USCG Ret.
That must take them an absolute age to put that lot up and then take them down again.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lot of crosses.
Lovely of the veterans to honor their fallen comrades in this way, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
ReplyDeleteThose veterans comprise Chapter 54 of Veterans for Peace. They honor the fallen and advocate for getting the live ones out of Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteCarlos J
Chief Petty Officer, USCG Ret.
Carlos, thank you. I'll add your information in an update to my post.
ReplyDeleteThank you for serving.