At Arlington National Cemetery, Mementos For Latest War Dead Get More Personal -- Washington Post
The headstones wear Hawaiian leis and Mardi Gras beads. They are festooned with bottles of Yuengling, flasks full of Jack, boxes of cigars.
In Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60, where those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan lie, the graves aren't just markers of remembrance; they are canvases decorated with stones, shiny balloons and handwritten notes. In this corner of the nation's most sacrosanct military burial ground, all manner of ornamentation abounds — one headstone is covered in lipstick kisses — bringing a colorful poignancy to an otherwise monochromatic place of mourning.
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