Faded Footsteps

Every Day is "Veterans Day" at Faded Footsteps - A Place to Honor Those Who Served - One Veteran, One Page at a Time!

Faded Footsteps

Never let it be said that one person cannot impact their community!

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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
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This website is here to honor Americans who served. Remembering one veteran, one page at a time. We offer ways for veteran related charities to raise capital. Buying books, articles and magazine subscriptions through the links placed on this site will send commissions directly to the charities placing the pages on the site.  

This website is here to honor and remember the men and women who walked with us, worked with us, loved us and fought for us. In placing a lot of the pages so far, I have learned so very much and have come to appreciate these brave soldiers who fought and died defending our freedom. Our Veterans need to be thanked every day and remembering them on this website is our way of saying "Thank You, and I love you for all you sacrificed for me". With this website, you will always be remembered.

I need your help to preserve a the memory of every veteran who ever served our country by publishing a page in their honor.

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