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[kejlina]

The last time I came to Kingston from Port Colborne, I noticed an unusual phenomenon. Every bridge we drove under was full of people. Then, on the oncoming side of the highway, I saw a police cruiser with all the lights flashing, followed by another, then another, then another. A whole team of cruises passed, escorting half a dozen hearses. Another

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[messyhair]

Wow. That's beautiful.

[lavajin]

Oh gahd, that makes me want to cry. Here in the U.S. they've been shipping them home as quietly as possible, mostly in teh middle of the might. I don't know how it is now, but during the remainder of the Bush administration it was that way, anyway.

It was fucking sickening.

[walklikethunder]

sigh. i miss canada pride.
america pride is so annoying. when i was in canada it was so.... nice.

[secretmourning]

I don't know how it is around the rest of the US. What's normally been done around Missouri depends on where the person was from.
I don't know if they do anything at the major airports but I know several small towns...they're actually closer to my town which has a tiny airport.
so they welcome the casket there, escort it through the town to the ceremony. Though I can't say I've seen anyone standing on bridges but much of this stuff happens during the DAY when I'm working. So I've never been out and around town when a casket came through. But I know it's always in the local paper, no matter what town the soldier was from, when a missourian soldier dies.

Still, I doubt anything is quite like that. I don't know what our anti-war protestors do around these events either, to be honest. Whether they stay away or keep their normal posts (there's 2 intersections they're often at).