A story on the Sunday Monitor’s front page on Memorial Day weekend posed the question of what happened to the body of Leonard Drown, an Army officer from Penacook who was killed in battle during the Civil War. By coincidence, I spent much of the first.
The headstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia line up like dominoes, stretching as far as the eye can see.It’s breathtaking and powerful, hallowed ground that is the final resting place for many of this nation’s most revered and honored.