Impressive. But should the state spend time and money each year?
Once on the anniversary should be sufficient.
I did not see where this was a state function, but the personal initiative of the troopers highlighted in the story.
its not a government function whatsoever. Its not a government bureaucracy's job to provide emotional support. Also, regardless of the good intentions, its going to ultimately become a huge bureaucratic clusterfrack which will sooner or later upset people, when they send out cards with wrong names, inappropriate messages, severely delayed, etc. etc.