Photos: Remembering veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Cars came and went throughout the day as family and friends came to visit and remember veterans who have passed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Many people left behind flowers, coins, and other tokens to pay their respects on Veterans Day.Â
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Nick Stasiak rests his hand on his mother's grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Stasiak's mother, Mary Ford, passed away suddenly this year. Her husband served in the United States military. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Malaika Glinsey, her son, Edward, 16, her mother, Brenda, and her daughter, Inaya, (left to right) pray over Charles M. Glinsey, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Charles was a husband, father, and grandfather. "I just miss him so much," said his wife, Brenda. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Russell Youngstrom stands at his father, Clifford Youngstrom's, grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Clifford passed away this year from COVID-19 at the age of 93. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
The sun sets over graves at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Cristina Kulczycki, left, sits by her sister, Celena Elizabeth Styczynski's, grave with her mother, Jane Styczynski, and father, Gerald, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The family sat together and recalled funny stories about Celena from when she served in the Navy. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Pennies and a rock with "thank you" written on it, rest on top of Shirley Plumlee's grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. A penny left on a headstone lets the deceased veteran's family know that someone visited the grave and paid their respects. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Malaika Glinsey, center, prays over her father Charles M. Glinsey's headstone as her mother, Brenda, left, and daughter, Inaya, right stand next to her at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. "I just miss him so much," said his wife, Brenda. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Taylor Peterson, 5, center, asks her grandmother, Monica Winslow, right, what the cross on her great-grandfather's headstone means, as her great-grandmother, Odell Winslow, stands behind her at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Homer Winslow was an Army veteran who passed away 10 months ago. Four generations of their family came to remember Homer and place a balloon with flowers at his grave. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Ada Smith embraces her husband's grave as she speaks to him at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Smith's husband, Paul Frederick-Smith Jr. passed away this year from cancer. "It's so hard without him," Smith said. "It leaves a big hole behind." Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Families and friends gather to remember veterans who have passed on Veterans Day at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
Remembering Veterans at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Cars come and go as family and friends come to visit and remember veterans who have passed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Mehlville on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Photo by Cheyenne Boone, cboone@post-dispatch.com
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