Visited the grave of my friend’s father and witnessed a remarkable ceremony. The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with sand from Omaha Beach to bring the name forward. It sent shivers down my spine. pic.twitter.com/e2G8KvvALt
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) June 6, 2019
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) tweeted this video from the Normandy American Cemetery Thursday. She said she was visiting the grave of a friend’s father in the cemetery when she saw a soldier rubbing sand on the headstone.
“The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with sand from Omaha Beach to bring the name forward,” Rep. Speier wrote.