One of my busiest weekends of the year.
We rent PA systems to about a dozen cemeteries in the area for events on Memorial Day. I just got back from a minor issue on one - they needed an extra microphone.
The service will start in about an hour, but the sexton and management had put the whole grounds into a splendid state of opulence.
I was reminded of when I'd help my grandfather, who owned a monument company. There was always a push to get markers in before Memorial day - he often referred to it as "Decoration Day".
His brother passed away just this last year.
http://www.thegazette.com/obituaries/elroy-novak-20170209-0000050024-01 ElRoy served in Burma during WWII and during the Korean war. His other brother, Otto, was killed in Europe.
My grandfather didn't serve - he wanted to - but was working for a large bakery, and his job was deemed necessary on the home front. He always felt a bit guilty about losing his brother while he "pounded dough".
It was good getting out to a cemetery today.