Memories
Thomas Kaminski, a Boy Scout and very special person decided that he needed to do something to improve the looks of the markers at the Grand Rapids Veterans Cemetery. Thomas spent several weeks alone cleaning the dirty and moss covered markers until a newspaper article in The Grand Rapids Press spotlighted his efforts and the need for help. Thomas was met this morning, August 30th, 2008, by close to 300 people armed with buckets, brushes, bleach, elbow grease and very generous spirits. Thomas inspired close to 300 people to take action and now the Veterans Cemetery is a much brighter place. Parents were teaching their children as they worked and read the names of the Veterans buried there. The "seeds" are now planted and soldiers will be remembered by the children and the day spent on hallowed ground. Hopefully, the spirit of the soldiers will live on in the hearts of the workers and those who were unable to make it today.
"Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the law of the land and their loyalty to high ideals. Herbert John Gladstone - English Statesman
To Know the character of a community, I need only visit its cemeteries. Benjamin Franklin
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Charles Ross - GAR - CO D 1st Michigan S.S. - US GAR Veteran - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Greenwood Cemetery (GPS N42°59.195, W085°42.010)
The 1st U.S.S.S. were engaged in thirty-two battles during their three years of service, including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. Merriman commanded Company F for the last fourteen engagements of its service.
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