Goodness of America

Honoring Our Veterans

Two years ago, 10-year-old Preston Sharp was disappointed during a Veteran’s Day visit to his grandfather’s grave in Redding, California, when he found a complete absence of flags and flowers on the headstones of the cemetery’s veterans. He decided then and there that he was going to change that, CBS News reported.

Preston started a program that has since grown into a significant endeavor. He began working little jobs here and there to save money so he could purchase American flags and flowers for the gravestones. After placing the markers at each grave in McDonald’s Cemetery, where his grandfather is laid to rest, he then concentrated his efforts on the next local cemetery — and then the next one — as he made his way through area cemeteries.

He decided to start a GoFundMe page to raise money so that he could purchase enough flags and flowers for each grave in every veteran cemetery between Redding and Sacramento. His page raised over $30,000.

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