and when one becomes vacant, they become available to officers in need of cheaper rent and a shorter commute. i hear a lot of people say they don t want to move here because they never leave the prison. well, i come home and i m home. not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary. in fact, the whole idea makes martha s son, chris, pretty nervous. it s kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. actually, it s very safe. it s like a real nice just a good neighborhood. everybody is a correctional officer. so, if somebody escapes, they re really not going to run here. they re going to run somewhere else. yay. look at that big smile. for inmates, the feeling of community can be found in one of the several houses of worship on the prison grounds. this is the garden chapel. when it was built, most inmates were protestant.
i hear a lot of people say they don t want to move here because they never leave the prison. well, i come home and i m home. not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary. in fact, the whole idea makes martha s son, chris, pretty nervous. it s kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. actually, it s very safe. it s like a real nice just a good neighborhood. everybody is a correctional officer. so, if somebody escapes, they re really not going to run here. they re going to run somewhere else. yay. look at that big smile. for inmates, the feeling of community can be found in one of the several houses of worship on the prison grounds. this is the garden chapel.
is. what the families get here is not only the honor of being buried in arlington but also the feeling of community where they can talk to other families that are experiencing what they re going through. really this is a community that truly only the people involved can truly, truly understand what it s like. okay. chris, thank you so much for putting into perspective. honestly, we wish the very best for those families getting through this time. thank you, chris. appreciate it. shortly, the president is going to speak at arlington s amphitheater. we will have his address live and mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. we want to remind you to explore cnn.com interactive tribute to the troops who lost their lives in iraq and afghanistan. go to cnn.com/casualties. you can leave our own messages and stories about loved ones who have died in combat. cnn.com/casualties. y ] the univy gave me the knowledge
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last
collaboration between our downtown business groups, our main street program and the city and cra. competition from malls has been an issue. once customers go downtown they don t forget it. this has natural feeling of community and inherent sense of closeness and familiarity. it s friendly, it s welcoming. we re finding all over the country that people crave that kind of environment. the appreciation for the importance of shopping local and people remember that. in east stuart the story is a bit different. there s talk of the past in hopes of creating a brighter future. we had halls, dance halls, we had more clothing stores, several restaurants, you name it was here. we had abundance of places. phillip harvey, the owner of harvey plaza is one of the driving forces behind making a positive change in the neighborhood. we want to bring all that back. and showing and educating and teaching our young people this is how a community works.