At funerals across America for the past few weeks, strangers have lined the roads. One of the earliest funerals occurred in Baltimore. The church overflowed with mourners for a marine who left parents, a wife and a ten-year-old son. Our local rag covered the death and funeral with an anti-war slant, if you can imagine that.
The only reason that I know about Baltimoreans lining the roads to honor him and his service is because I was told first-hand about them. I am glad that during that sad funeral procession, his son would have seen the respect that his father's sacrifice received from strangers. He would never have learned of the honor to his father from the 'old media.'