Viral Photo Shows 2 Young Americans Placing Flags On Graves in Preparation for Memorial Day
Most Americans are set to celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts, family gatherings or a day at the lake.
However, some people are making a difference this Memorial Day weekend — and two young ones are going viral in a major way.
This picture from Pflugerville, Texas of a Cub Scout and a Brownie putting flags on the graves of our veterans is going viral, and you can see why.
The picture features 6-year-old Cub Scout Austin Henry and his 7-year-old sister Autumn placing flags on veterans’ graves in their local cemetery.
ADORABLE: Cub Scout Austin Henry, 6, and his sister Autumn Henry, 7, a Girl Scout Brownie, place U.S. flags on graves of veterans at the Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas. #ProudAmerican pic.twitter.com/or0vCH1B1t
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 27, 2018
Quite a few Twitter users voiced their support for what these young Americans did.
Pretty sure these kids will go far, they are being raised on the right path.
— Smith_Londia (@SmithLondia1) May 27, 2018
Amen!
— Carol (@cranston34) May 27, 2018
Hey parents, these kids are being brought up with respect, are you watching?
— Deborah Burke (@Deborah31569265) May 27, 2018
God bless you kids and your parents…
We need more kids like you in the U.S., and we need more parents like yours…— Minto Michael (@minto_michael) May 27, 2018
And, of course, there were always those willing to talk about the recent merger between the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
I like the idea of an America when boys became Cub Scouts & girls became Girl Scout Brownies.
This picture is a modern-day Norman Rockwell illustration of a day when life used to make sense. https://t.co/KQt8H0J80e
— Andrew Messenger (@awmessenger) May 27, 2018
And then the trolls crawled out of their cave.
This is very low grade propaganda. Is this take your child to work day at Fox News?
— 🆒🆒🆒 (@NoThank24115573) May 27, 2018
Yes, apparently, scouts putting flags on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day is now propaganda. For Pete’s sake.
The least we can do, for one weekend, is stop and honor them. The flag isn’t propaganda and service — either in the military or in honoring them — is as noble a thing as you can do. For that matter, perhaps we can also put away the Scouting controversy and remember what really matters.
What matters is that we are free — and so many people died to ensure that we are. We remember them on this most solemn of weekends, the same way that Austin and Autumn Henry did.
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