100 Nights of Taps begins at Gettysburg National Cemetery
WGAL News 8 Updated: 1:02 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
WGAL News 8 Updated: 1:02 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
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Show Transcript NEWS 8’S AMBER GERARD WAS AT THE CEREMONY. AMBER: AS MEN AND WOMEN FACED THE FL AAGND SALUTED WITH HANDS ON THEIR HEARTS, THE CEREMONY OPENED WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT HEER THOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS. THEY FOUGHT FOR THE UNITES STATES OF AMERICA TO PROTECTHE T U.S. CONSTITUTION, AND IF WE DON’T HAVE THESE CEREMONS TOIE REMEMBER THEM, THEN WE’RE APT TO FORG. AMBER: ERIK NORDBERG, A GREEN BERET AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE US SPECIAL FORCES DURING DESERT STORM, SAYS THE MEMORIAL IS ABOUT HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DEFENDING OUR NATI, ONAND REFLECTING ON THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE TDOO IT. WHEN YOU SEE A TEAMMATE OR FRIEND THAT’S IN A BAD SITUAONTI , MANY, MYAN TIMES I’VE SEE SOLDIERS STAND UP, HEY, LET�