gryph89
04-11-2008, 10:06 AM
Well, last week my Grandfather passed away (but this thread isn't based on a feel sorry for you basis) He was with the 11th Airborn and did alotta campaigns, so, he kept telling us he had a nice piece of land set out when he passed.
NEvertheless, yesterday, spending a grueling 4 and a half hour following a superbus full of family members and making numerous stops at Burger Shit (King) and Roy Crap (Rogers) for pee breaks, I decided to floor it and pass this dumb bus so I'm not going 45 MPH on a 65 MPH highway anymore.
Blasting music to keep me sane, seriously, in a car by myself just driving gets pretty damn boring. Four and a Half hours later, we pull into Virginia and make our way to Arlington, I pull in there first, before my family members due to my speeding, and the front gate's closed, I tell them I'm here for my Grandfather's funeral and he gives me directions on where to park.
Outta my car...I really was speechless, not only did this place have such a heavenly beauty, but it was...just errie in a sense, rows and rows of white stones with names.
So the bus finally arrives after me, and a good 5 seconds of whispered scolding from my parents about reckless driving, we wait in the Administrations office and we're told we can go out now, we follow the hearse to Eisenhower Dr. Section 59. We pull out and 6 men from the Army arrive and take the casket.
Guys I'm telling ya, it was something else, it really was, they had 2 bugle players playing taps, so you feel like this echoed effect in your ears, and over the hill you can see the Washington Monument, 7 soldiers sitting up on a hill, each shooting 3 shots. Like, just that scene...I don't think can ever be replicated in any movie, it really can't. After most of it was done, I think it was a Major, couldn't be sure, didn't get a good look at his bars. He handed my uncle Matty a folded up flag, and said his lines. You know...those lines "Mr. Pike on behalf of the United States Of America I offer you this flag in return for the honor your Matthew Pike has bestowed upon this Country."
So, have any of you fools ever been to Arlington, and physically became speechless like me? It's kinda weird, me and father can say "Yeah, me and my son smoked a cigarette on the waterfront of Arlington National Cemetary" it was just flat out awesome...
And don't get me started on the fucking ride home...
NEvertheless, yesterday, spending a grueling 4 and a half hour following a superbus full of family members and making numerous stops at Burger Shit (King) and Roy Crap (Rogers) for pee breaks, I decided to floor it and pass this dumb bus so I'm not going 45 MPH on a 65 MPH highway anymore.
Blasting music to keep me sane, seriously, in a car by myself just driving gets pretty damn boring. Four and a Half hours later, we pull into Virginia and make our way to Arlington, I pull in there first, before my family members due to my speeding, and the front gate's closed, I tell them I'm here for my Grandfather's funeral and he gives me directions on where to park.
Outta my car...I really was speechless, not only did this place have such a heavenly beauty, but it was...just errie in a sense, rows and rows of white stones with names.
So the bus finally arrives after me, and a good 5 seconds of whispered scolding from my parents about reckless driving, we wait in the Administrations office and we're told we can go out now, we follow the hearse to Eisenhower Dr. Section 59. We pull out and 6 men from the Army arrive and take the casket.
Guys I'm telling ya, it was something else, it really was, they had 2 bugle players playing taps, so you feel like this echoed effect in your ears, and over the hill you can see the Washington Monument, 7 soldiers sitting up on a hill, each shooting 3 shots. Like, just that scene...I don't think can ever be replicated in any movie, it really can't. After most of it was done, I think it was a Major, couldn't be sure, didn't get a good look at his bars. He handed my uncle Matty a folded up flag, and said his lines. You know...those lines "Mr. Pike on behalf of the United States Of America I offer you this flag in return for the honor your Matthew Pike has bestowed upon this Country."
So, have any of you fools ever been to Arlington, and physically became speechless like me? It's kinda weird, me and father can say "Yeah, me and my son smoked a cigarette on the waterfront of Arlington National Cemetary" it was just flat out awesome...
And don't get me started on the fucking ride home...