How one chooses to honor the glorious fallen on Memorial Day differs from person to person.
For 7-year-old Mason’s family, it was through the respectful method of heading to the Wilmington National Cemetery in order to place American flags at the graves of soldiers who had died in service to their country.
When they got there, however, Mason ran away from his mom, Sarah. She began a frantic search, only to find Mason sitting at a particular soldier’s grave.
The name on the headstone was Sergeant TJ Butler, and Sarah knew her son felt a connection with the soldier buried there. Read the full article here ▶