{"id":1176768,"date":"2021-12-31T23:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T04:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176768"},"modified":"2021-12-31T23:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T04:19:17","slug":"veteran-honors-military-by-restoring-neglected-headstones-we-need-to-bring-them-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-honors-military-by-restoring-neglected-headstones-we-need-to-bring-them-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Honors Military by Restoring Neglected Headstones: &#039;We Need to Bring Them Back&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveteran-honors-military-by-restoring-neglected-headstones-we-need-to-bring-them-back%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clean-tombstone-cemetery-veterans-old-stock-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A veteran in Pinellas County, Florida, has embarked on a special mission to visit cemeteries and give back to military members.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-three-year-old Ron Knudsen restores headstones of American soldiers and began the project a year ago when he saw a video about the process, Bay News 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2021\/12\/30\/veteran-travels-to-cemeteries-to-restore-headstones-and-give-back-to-military-family\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the video titled \u201cWWII Airman Killed In Action Over Germany 1944 Gets Clean Veteran Headstone by Memorial Day 2021,\u201d a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JbMtmoZTGdg\">showed<\/a> viewers how to properly clean the stones.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them were blackened due to the elements and in dire need of care, but when the process was finished, the color had been restored and the name was more clearly seen:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The project has since become extremely important to Knudsen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy working in the cemetery,\u201d he explained, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s quiet and peaceful and there\u2019s history here, a lot of history here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/likebn9\/posts\/10166037278665192\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/418163055191\/posts\/10166037278665192\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>\u201cI enjoy working in the cemetery&#8221; Ron Knudsen, 63, restores neglected headstones of American soldiers. He started the project a year ago after watching a YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/418163055191\">Spectrum Bay News 9<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/418163055191\/posts\/10166037278665192\/\">Friday, December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Knudsen served in the United States Army and National Guard and commented how he was surprised so many headstones were neglected and in need of care.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes to ensure not one more soldier is forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be working on one tombstone and then I\u2019ll hit something next to it and it\u2019ll be another veteran buried there and it\u2019s so buried you can\u2019t see it,\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd to me, it\u2019s like a forgotten individual. We need to bring them back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knudsen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ron-knudsen-4aa813199\/\">works<\/a> as a part-time maintenance technician and puts what he earns toward purchasing cleaning supplies for the headstone project.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he buys small American flags for every one of the soldiers and although it is costly, Knudsen told Bay News 9 it was worth every penny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text parbase\">\n<p>\u201cTo me, in a small way this is kind of me giving back a little bit something,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019m not a rich man. I don\u2019t have a lot. This gives me gratification to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A veteran in Pinellas County, Florida, has embarked on a special mission to visit cemeteries and give back to military members. 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