On Wednesday, three Washington County veterans who served honorably in the U.S. military but whose remains went unclaimed after their deaths, were interred with full honors at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Dozens turned out on a rainy December day to pay their respects to brothers Aubrey and Louis Higginbotham, and Joseph Francis Calhoun. […]
On Wednesday, three Washington County veterans who served honorably in the U.S. military but whose remains went unclaimed after their deaths, were interred with full honors at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Dozens turned out on a rainy December day to pay their respects to brothers Aubrey and Louis Higginbotham, and Joseph Francis Calhoun. […]
The formerly unclaimed cremains of three U.S. military veterans will receive a funeral with full military honors later this month at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. The public is invited to attend the funeral ceremony, rain or shine, at 2 p.m. Dec. 27. “It’s a wonderful thing, it’s fulfilling,” said Miles Glotfelty, a retired […]
A plan to have the remains of four unclaimed U.S. veterans removed from Washington Cemetery and interred at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies with full military honors has found