LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – It’s a day that comes each year and becomes more special as families remember their loved ones.
Veterans Day has become symbolic to many across the nation as a chance to honor the men and women who have served our country, past and present.
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But for some families, it’s harder to face being that the veterans they’re remembering have been laid to rest, like for Mary Baker whose father died over 30 years ago.
“He was a World War I veteran,” Baker said.
For Baker and her nephew Rickey King, a trip to the Little Rock National Cemetery to see her father Harrison Gardner has been happening since they buried him.
“It’s been 54 years,” King said.
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Each year they remember him as a commendable family man, and father who took pride in serving his country.
“I realized that what he was saying meant a lot and had a lot of benefit if you followed that,” Baker said.