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Bernalillo County honors 42 unclaimed U.S. military veterans at county ceremony
Summary
Bernalillo County staff and veterans organizations held a ceremony to provide proper burials for 42 unclaimed U.S. military veterans through the county's Indigent Burial Program and read several names during the service.
Speaker 1, a staff member, opened the ceremony saying, "Today, we gather to honor the lives of men and women who, despite their service to this nation, find themselves without families to mourn their passing. Therefore, they are our forgotten heroes, unclaimed, indigent, yet never forsaken."
Speaker 2, a staff member, said, "A greater love has no man than this, to lay down one's life for his friends. Although these brave soldiers may have been forgotten by so many, we proudly recognize and…
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