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    Default The Ladies of Arlington

    Special lady for each Arlington soldier

    ARLINGTON, Va. — Joyce Johnson remembers the drums beating slowly as she walked with her girls from the Old Post Chapel, behind the horse-drawn caisson carrying the flag-draped casket of her husband.

    She remembers struggling to maintain her composure as she stared at his freshly dug grave, trying not to dwell on the terrible sight in the distance — the gaping hole in the Pentagon where he had so proudly worked.

    The three-volley salute. Taps. The chaplain handing her a perfectly folded flag. The blur of tributes.

    And then a lady stepped forward, a stranger, dressed not in uniform but in a simple dark suit. She whispered a few words and pressed two cards into Johnson's hands.

    "If there is anything you need ..."

    Then she melted back into the crowd.

    Later Johnson would think of her as a touchingly, human presence in a sea of starched uniforms and salutes. She would learn that the stranger was an "Arlington lady" — one of a small band of volunteers, mainly spouses of retired military officers, who attend every funeral in Arlington National Cemetery. She would read the notes — a formal one from the Army Chief of Staff and his wife, and a personal handwritten one from the Arlington lady herself.





    She would learn of their mission: to ensure no soldier is buried alone.



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    Default Re: The Ladies of Arlington

    What a nice and touching story on Memorial Day.

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    Default Re: The Ladies of Arlington

    Thanks for sharing. Very touching.

    Both my grandfathers are buried in Arlington.

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