Hope you and your family are enjoying today’s Memorial Day holiday of honoring Americans who gave their lives in service to protect our right to freedom.
For Memorial Day this year, I traveled to Monroe, Michigan to visit two memorials to those who have died in service to our country.
Field of Flags Memorial, River Raisin National Battlefield Park
At the River Raisin National Battlefield Park, 500 flags have been set up on the battlefield in memory of the River Raisin battle during the War of 1812.
The 500 flags roughly represent those who died during the battle; 400 flags are American, 60 are British, and 40 are Ottawa Nation flags.
I was impressed to see all the flags in the open field, it was an incredible sight.
Soldiers and Sailors Park, AMVETS Memorial
Along the River Raisin, at the Soldiers and Sailors Park near downtown Monroe, the Cori-Gaynier American Veterans (AMVETS) Post memorial honors local service members who have died during wars and conflicts with their display of vinyl tombstones.
Organized by the conflict in which the service member died, each tombstone has the name of the dead service member and the war the member fought in.
Check out the photo gallery from two Monroe’s Memorial Day memorials.
