EADY FOR THE
CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE OMAHA
NATIONAL CEREMONY.
REPORTER: DESPITE THE WEATHER
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARRIVED AT
, OMAHA'S NATIONAL CEMETERY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, INTENT
ON COMPLETING AN IMPORTANT
PROJECT.
>> HONORED AND PRIVILEGED THAT
WE HAVE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY THAT WILL COME OUT IN
ALL SORTS OF WEATHER TO SUPPORT
THE CEMETERY AND THE VETERANS
THAT ARE BURIED HERE.
REPORTER: THIS TEAM OF
VOLUNTEERS DECORATING EVERY
GRAVESIDE.
ROW BY ROW.
THE STARS AND STIPES PLACED
ALONGSIDE EACH HEADSTONE.
HONORING THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY.
LINDA TRELFORD-THOMPSON: I AM
ALSO A VETERAN AND I FEEL AWED
BY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO
LAY THEIR LIVES DOWN EVERY DAY
TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT GENERATION
, IS LIVING IN A LAND OF
FREEDOM.
REPORTER: THE CEMETERY IS NO
STRANGER TO MOTHER NATURE'S
MELANCHOLY.
WIND AND SNOW GREETED GROUPS AT
A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY IN
DECEMBER.
BUT THEN AND NOW, THE COMMUNITY
PERSERVERED.
JUST AS SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN DO
EACH DAY
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY,
YOU DON'T TAKE A DAY OFF BECAUSE
OF BAD WEATHER.
REPORTER: THROUGH THE SOAKING
STORM, A BRIGHT SYMBOL OF THE
SACRIFICE MADE TO SAFEGUARD OUR
FREEDOMS.
A WAY TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER
THIS MEMORIAL DAY.
ALEXANDRA: AND THAT CEREMONY AT
THE SERUM -- AT THIS CEMETERY
WILL START AT 11:00 A.M.
MORE MEMORIAL DAY RECOGNITION,
THIS TIME AT HEARTLAND OF
AMERICA PARK, WHERE OMAHA PUBLIC
SCHOOLS STUDENTS TOOK TIME TO
HONOR THE FALLEN.
MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR ROTC
PROGRAM PRESENTED THE COLORS
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