I took a drive through the Fort Custer Memorial Cemetery in Battle Creek, Michigan Saturday. Sometimes I go
there just to slowly drive through and take it all in. It is a military memorial cemetery which is the last resting place of thousands of American heroes.
When I drove through today, I had arrived there by accident really. I was actually trying to find the trail head of the Linear Path that runs through Battle Creek, and I followed the trail along Dickman Road right to the entrance of the cemetery. Once there, I decided to drive through.
As I drove along the long circular road, I stopped and looked at some of the special memorials. The many fields are identified by alphabetical markers, and there is an information center near the front entrance where you can locate a particular marker.
In passing one field, I took the following photos. As a common sight, on many of the other markers, flowers were placed. However, on one particular marker in the middle of a field, a pumpkin was placed in the adjacent grass. Something about this scene was so touching. I had to take a photo and share it.
I imagine some family member, perhaps a child, wanting to have their father or mother have a pumpkin for Autumn or Halloween. Perhaps it was a special day for that person, or perhaps it was a family tradition, or a birthday. Whatever the case, the uniqueness and hidden meaning of it was thought provoking and heart warming.
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