Free Republic

SIERRA VISTA — The carillon pealed 11 times at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Tuesday. Once the echoes of the bells chiming the time of day faded, a voice yelled out, “Detail Attention,” followed by, “Present Arms.” It was the start of a ceremony to honor veterans whose remains had not been claimed, either because they were homeless or indigent when death took them. Soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen carried the urns holding the cremains of 18, who were honored before being taken to a columbarium in the cemetery to be placed in individual niches. They were to finally...