SANTA ANA, Calif.—Parked within a row of restored cars from the 1920s and 1930s, Angel Salinas and his two daughters and nephew sat in the family’s 1948 GMC pick-up truck formerly owned by Angel’s father, Joe.
“The Salinases have a long tradition of military history,” Salinas told The Epoch Times. “Today we are here to visit the grave of my father who fought in World War II, and celebrate his life.”
Surrounding the Salinas family were about 3,000 small American flags scattered throughout Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California—honoring veterans of the U.S. military forces.
Greeted by the flags on the grassy surface, multi-generations of family members wearing red, white, and blue clothing strolled through the gravesites and walked toward a large gathering of people sitting between the park’s large concrete mausoleum and a stage adorned with Memorial Day décor….