Thanks, Ann, Paul, Christine and Frank. This very dignified gentleman always comes to the ceremony that begins the parade, although he can no longer march more than a few blocks. I tried to capture him last year, but I like this image a lot more.
The disinterest of the crowd has more to do with the pastor who was giving a prayer that was a bit too long than with any disrespect for this veteran and his comrades. (At this point, I think the preacher was announcing that he was retiring from his role in this event, after 25 years, and was looking for a volunteer to do it for the next few decades.) A few minutes later, the old vet took off his hat as they played taps, fired off three rifle salutes,placed a wreath at the memorial, and dropped another wreath into the creek below supposedly to make its way to the ocean). Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, that's a great photo - talk about ironic juxtaposition. > > ann > > > On 5/28/2012 17:52, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> The oldest veteran at our local Memorial Day Parade: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15807094 >> >> Comments are welcome. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
