It seems with May, lots of things happen. Mother's Day, Memorial Day, graduations and grandkids etc. We have been blessed with many, many family events.
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| Inspirational Award |
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| I remember the day this beauty was born! |
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| Hard to believe she is old enough to graduate! |
Four of our grandchildren are on missions (sorry but we don't have pictures of Kyle who is serving in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission)
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| Elder England #2 in Belgium - Netherlands Mission |
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| Hermana Johnson #3 - heading to Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia |
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| Hermana Johnson #2 on the right - Chesapeake Virginia Mission - after being drenched in a famous VA rainstorms. I remember these while serving in Virginia Richmond! Memorial Day:
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, within the boundaries of the former Fort William McKinley. The cemetery, 152 acres (62 ha) or 615,000 square metres in area, is located on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west.[1] With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.[1] Many of the personnel whose remains are interred or represented were killed in New Guinea, or during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) or the Allied recapture of the islands.[1] The headstones are made of marble which are aligned in eleven plots forming a generally circular pattern, set among a wide variety of tropical trees and shrubbery.[1] The Memorial is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Used for those deceased 1941–1945
Established
1948
Location
Designed by
Gardener A. Dailey
Total burials
17,206
Unknown
burials
3,744
Burials by nation
• United States: 16,636
• Philippines: 570
Burials by war
• World War II: 17,206
We were told this is American soil and is said to be a sanctuary if we ever needed one. It reminds me a lot of the Punch Bowl in Hawaii. It was pretty sobering to read the names of the fallen.
             
As you may be able to tell, this cemetery is right in the heart of a very busy, bustling city called Global City, where we shop etc. May is always a tender month for me, but I am grateful for those men and women who risk their lives to defend the good ole United States of America. Thank-you to all! To our missionaries and future ones: be obedient, RWYA and KoKo! We love our families and miss y'all tons and tons.
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