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When police barred this 11-year-old boy from the American Cemetery in Normandy, he decided to go another route. While watching the video, my eyes welled up with tears at the extreme patriotism this young man stood for despite being barred from the cemetery. He and his father had gone so the boy could do a remembrance of 3 of the Paratroopers buried there, and it was a 4 day long project.
The boy was dressed in a WWII paratrooper uniform while educating others on the 3 paratroopers he picked to do the project on. This was one of the gestures of respect he wanted to offer that got him removed from the American cemetery.
In an excerpt from The Veterans Site, they said:
This is a young boy’s idea. It has no sophistication in it. It is done with the simple honesty of youth. He cannot know what the veterans and the fallen he honors know, except in the fertile imagination of youth. But his gesture is full of dignity. His stance is not “professional” — his understanding of such things is not formed by experience. But it does not matter. Everyone who sees him, the tourists and the veterans alike that are there for the same purpose, understands his intentions. They begin to take pictures or him or of themselves standing near him. A veteran stands in front of him briefly and offers a respectful salute. ~The Veterans Site
I have never seen such great patriotism from a child this young. It warms my heart and gives me hope that our future generations will pick up where we leave off. All the best to this young man in the future.
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