Steve Hanks Blending Into Shadows Sheets painting

Steve Hanks Blending Into Shadows Sheets painting
William Bouguereau The Rapture of Psyche painting
years, he helped build the United Nations headquarters and the World Trade Center. He was 81 and left the Army in 1946, after the end of World War II. The familiar sights and sounds of a military burial are most commonly associated with active-duty soldiers killed in combat, but far more common are funerals like the one for Jackson, a member of what has come to be called "The Greatest Generation," the men and women who won World War II and now are reaching the end of their lives. As America commemorates the 60th anniversary of V-E Day Sunday, the number of burials in national cemeteries is soaring. Since 1973, the number of interments annually at national cemeteries has grown by more than 150 percent, from 36,422 to 93,033 last year. The high demand for full military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, probably America's most famous burial ground, has resulted in a waiting list for burials that runs from a few weeks to a couple of months, depending on the time of year.