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Memorial Day Wild Card

Kathleen Danly, 63, left, and her sister Maxine Smith, 84, lay mums on the grave of their parents, Ernest and Gertrude Clem, on Wednesday at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane. Fairmount sets out more than 2,200 American flags every year for Memorial Day. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Kathleen Danly, 63, left, and her sister Maxine Smith, 84, lay mums on the grave of their parents, Ernest and Gertrude Clem, on Wednesday at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane. Fairmount sets out more than 2,200 American flags every year for Memorial Day. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Kathleen Danly, 63, left, and her sister Maxine Smith, 84, lay mums on the grave of their parents, Ernest and Gertrude Clem, on Wednesday at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane. Fairmount sets out more than 2,200 American flags every year for Memorial Day. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Apparently, DFO is taking this whole vacation thing seriously. He didn’t even leave a Wild Card for today! So here’s one for those who are indoors or can figure out how to combine blogging with lake activities and barbecuing. We visited my Dad’s grave at Fairmont Memorial Park yesterday. The view from the bluff is spectacular and the acres of flags never fail to move me.

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