[DutchmenSport]

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your friends. As I am also a member of the American Legion (Pendleton, Indiana), your family is my family too. They are surely loved and will be greatly missed. I'm now 65 years old. My dad was a member of the American Legion Post in Lapel, Indiana when I was just a baby. I grew up in the American Legion, remembering playing Bingo, the annual picnics, and different events, sitting at the bar, drinking a Coke (which kids can't do now-a-days), but sadly over the last 60 years have seen many good people take their place in formation in the world beyond. The local graveyard (Lapel) is filled with flags on the graves on Memorial Day week, and so many of them I remember so well. The flags make me so sad, but yet, so proud to be a part of this family. This Memorial day there will be some additional flags. I give them a salute. And with them "God Speed!" And many blessings on you too as you carry on the tradition.