Memorial Day remembrances move online

Distancing shifts cemetery services to social media

-- WITH THE SAME MESSAGES.

HOWSOUTHERN ARIZONA -- HONOREDMEMORIAL DAY.GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FORJOINING US.

I'M PAT PARRIS.VALERIE HAS THE EVENING OFF.COVID-19 HAS ALTERED SO MANYTHINGS IN OUR LIVES.

TODAY ITALTERED HOW WE HONOR THOSE INTHE MILITARY -- WHO GAVE THEIRLIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY.

9 ONYOUR SIDE'S CRAIG SMITHREPORTS ON A VERY DIFFERENTMEMORIAL DAY.SOLDIERS HAVE FOUND THEIR FINALREST AT FORT HUACHUCA'SCEMETERY FOR ABOUT 130 YEARS.NOW SOCIAL DISTANCING COMMANDSA MODERN MEMORIAL SHARED ONTHE INTERNET.

MAJOR GENERALLAURA POTTER LEADS THE POST.SHE RECALLED THE BRAVERY OFSOLDIERS FROM WORLD WAR TWOTHROUGH THE CURRENT WARAGAINST TERRORISM.

5:28 AND IASK THAT YOU ALWAYS REMEMBERTHAT OUR FALLEN, OR SOMEONE'SSON OR DAUGHTER, HUSBAND ORWIFE, MOTHER OR FATHER TO THEFAMILIES OF THE FALLEN, WEWILL ALWAYS OWE AN UNENDINGDEBT OF PROFOUND GRATITUDE.5:42 RUNS: 14 "READY...AIM...FIRE.READY...AIM...FIRE.

FIRST TWOBARS OF TAPS.

7:39 á THEVETERAN'S CEMETERY AT MARANAIS ONE OF THE NEWEST.

TO KEEPFAMILIES AND SURVIVINGVETERANS SAFE, IT ALSO USEDMODERN METHODS TO MOVEMEMORIAL DAY ONLINE.

THECEMETERY FOUNDATION CHAIRMANCALLED TO HONOR VETERANS WHODIED FOR OUR COUNTRY BY CARINGFOR VETERANS STILL LIVING.

TOMSHAMBO/ VETERANS MEMORIALCEMETERY FOUNDATION: 9:42 "WECAN THANK OUR VETERANS BYFIGHTING FOR THEM WHEN THEYCAN'T, BY ENSURING THEY ANDTHEIR SURVIVORS GET THE CARETHAT THEY EARN.

WHEN THEYWROTE THAT BLANK CHECK PAYABLEAND UP TO INCLUDING GIVINGTHEIR LIVES." 9:58 RUNS:16CRAIG SMITH, KGUN9 ON YOURSIDEAS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIESWERE HELD ACROSS THE STATE --