Today I witnessed an incredibly outrageous scene, something only Eugene Ionesco could have written!
I'm in the local cemetery with others to watch the Memorial Day ceremonies. Speeches, music, veterans, and etc. You get the idea. Anyway, there was also a burial today, of a deceased veteran who fought in Korea. Prayers, more speeches, AmLegions and VFW guys there at attention, the Reverand and so forth. SOooooo.......when it's all said and done, the flag is removed from the coffin and the honor guard folds it up into a neat triangle and presents it to the son of the deceased man. The honor guard has only barely finished saluting the son, when a sibling sister jumps up screaming that SHE should have recieved the flag. This immediately results in all the family members jumping up and screaming at eachother. Obviously a torn family. Guess what happens next.......
......the sister grabs part of the flag and attempts to tear it away for herself. The flag becomes undone and unfurls as the son holds on to his end. EVERYBODY else, who is witnessing this is shocked beyond belief. So they're pulling and tugging when someone is heard yelling, "yer gonna rip the flag!!". The son lets go of his end and the sister reels backward, banging onto the casket and almost knocking it off the hoist. She then fell down into the vault! I don't think she was injured, but she got out and went right back to fighting with the other family members.
I'm not sure where this family is from, but they're by far the biggest group of dopes I have ever seen at a funeral on a Memorial Day. Right now a friend of mine who was also there is trying to find out if anyone caught the whole scene on camera. The VFW and AmLegions guys were royally pissed and they just left. Had the gun salute squad had real bullets, I think they would have used them.
Unbelievable!!