Memorial?? With guns?

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

There was just a memorial of some sort on the corner of Packard and Powder House, scaring the dickens out of me with what I think was a 3 gun salute. Followed by taps. The uniforms involved looked American Legion-ish.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[agnosticoracle.livejournal.com]

You mean other than to obvious funeral of a veteran hypothesis?

[srl.livejournal.com]

One might think so; but whatever-it-was was happening on a sidewalk corner in front of a Tufts building, not in a cemetery. A somewhat odd place for a memorial ceremony. There was a small crowd gathered, maybe 20 people or so.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

I wonder if the ceremony was in honor of the person whom the intersection is named after. This may have been the anniversary of their death. I occasionally run there, and I'll see if that intersection has been named in honor of a veteran. People occasionally replace the wreaths and flowers on some of the nameplates, but I've never seen it accompanied by a three-gin salute.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I imagine a three-gin salute is fairly common at Tufts...

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

That isn't odd at all. There's a funeral home near there, and if the military member was cremated and requested no religious service, it is not uncommon for such a thing to take place at the funeral home.