USA. Arlington, Virginia. 2008. Section 60, burial site of the American dead from Iraq and Afghanistan. On Memorial Day and
Veterans Day, relatives and friends of the fallen visit the cemetery together. On a balmy Veterans
Day in 2007, a few families remained as dusk fell. They lit candles and chatted softly. In front
of one grave, a woman had collapsed. The others went to comfort her, but she shook them off.
She stayed until the last of the light faded, leaving behind a pile of crushed, clenched flowers.