If you happen to live in or near Fredricksburg, Virginia, and you haven't yet experienced this, you need to make your way to Fredricksburg National Battlefield for Luminaria this evening from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Each Memorial Day weekend, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America light a candle for each of the 15,300 soldiers buried in Fredricksburg National Cemetery on Marye's Heights where some of the most ferocious fighting of the American Civil War took place.
I haven't been to this event in years but, for some reason and completely out of the blue, I was reminded of it when I woke up this morning. I wanted to share it with you. It is a moving experience and one that I have never forgotten. The cost of freedom is vividly displayed in a solemn and awe inspiring setting.
Walking tours of the cemetery are punctuated every 30 minutes with the playing of Taps. This is a unique and special way to honor those who have given their lives for our freedom and I encourage you to make this a part of your Memorial Day if you can.
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