Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: RobertClark; All

Question.. Have we had remains of last vets from past wars in the capital?


5 posted on 03/04/2011 11:37:40 AM PST by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: KevinDavis
The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. The bodies of prominent citizens have been displayed in the Rotunda on 30 occasions, starting in 1852 with Henry Clay, a Kentucky senator and congressional rep. Others include President Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, unknown soldiers from America's wars and civil rights hero Rosa Parks.

Frank Buckles served in England and France, mostly as a driver and warehouse clerk. After the war ended, he helped repatriate German prisoners of war, returning to the U.S. in January 1920.

13 posted on 03/04/2011 11:46:51 AM PST by RobertClark (On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson