‘Nobody should go alone’: 1,500 strangers honor WWII veteran with no known family
Terrance O’Keefe of Hanover-Hanson Veteran Services told WPRI the response exceeded anything organizers imagined.
“The level of humanity out there, where people can come out not knowing who he was … is absolutely incredible,” O’Keefe said. “It shines a light on what we do as a society.”
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Arnold was laid to rest Monday at Cedar Knoll Cemetery, surrounded not by empty pews or silence, but by a community determined to make sure his final salute was not given alone.
On Monday, strangers became his family.
“We’re all walking each other home after all,” one mourner told Boston 25 News.
Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.
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