Picture by permission of the Maryland National Guard

World War I
 

World War II

Korea 

Vietnam

War On Terror

Veterans' Home

A new home for veterans is now open in Big Spring near I-20 and Highway 87 intersection.  This facility bears the name Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez, named for the following:

David Lamun, WW II,  Joe Martin True Lusk WW II, and Reynaldo A. Sanchez, Vietnam
All were killed in action, and all are from Big Spring. 

Photo and Military Funeral Customs by permission of the Maryland National Guard

Military Funeral Customs

Draping The Casket With The National Flag:

This custom began during the Napoleonic Wars (1706-1815). The dead carried from the field of battle on a caisson were covered with the flag.

 Practice Of Firing The 21 Gun Salute:

The 21 Gun Salute originated in the old custom of halting the fighting to remove the dead from the battlefield. Once each army had cleared it's dead, it would fire three volleys to indicate that the dead had been cared for and they were ready to go back to the fight.

Taps:

"Taps" is an American call, composed by the Union Army's BG. Daniel Butterfield while at camp at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in 1862. Butterfield wrote the call to replace the earlier "Tattoo" (lights out), which he thought to formal. The call soon became known as "Taps" because it was often tapped out on a drum in the absence of a bulgier. Before the year was out, sounding Taps  became the practice in both the Northern and Southern armies. The call was officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 1874.