DID YOU KNOW

THE PRACTICE OF FIRING THREE RIFLE VOLLEYS OVER THE GRAVE, ORIGINATED IN THE OLD CUSTOM OF HALTING THE FIGHTING TO REMOVE THE DEAD FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE. ONCE COMPLETED, EACH ARMY WOULD AGAIN FIRE THREE MORE VOLLEYS TO INDICATE THE DEAD HAD BEEN PROPERLY CARED FOR AND THEY WERE READY TO FIGHT AGAIN. THE SPENT SHELL CASING IS TO SHOW FOREVERMORE THAT THE DECEASED WAS PROPERLY CARED FOR WITH THIS MILITARY HONOR.

A LIFE LONG FRIEND OF OVER 50 yrs PASSED AWAY. HIS DAUGHTER PRESENTED ME WITH THE PICTURED SHELL CASING. I WAS SO HONORED, I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO JUST TOSS IT IN A DRAWER, SO I DESIGNED THIS DISPLAY AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS FRIENDSHIP, SERVICE TO A COUNTRY AND A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES.

FOR EVERY ONE VET PROVIDED THIS HONOR, 21 CASINGS ARE JUST TOSSED OUT. I TRULY FEEL THAT THIS DISHONORS, WHO AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT. ALL DISPLAYS ARE 100% HAND CRAFTED IN MY HOME, BY ME. I'M A 20yr RETIRED COMBAT VET AND LIFE MEMBER OF VFW POST 1058 ZANESVILLE OH AND PAST COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 246 DUNCAN FALLS/PHILO OH.