Memorial Day

In what could have been mistaken for a satire of a memorial day service, Orem City put on their own tribute to the fallen.
Not a wet eye could be spotted as the Orem High Band, mostly in tune and generally on tempo played the Star Spangled Banner.
Following the anthem, the POW/MIA flag was raised, when a group of armed men, ranging in age from about 12 to about 182 fired a 21 gun salute -- not quite into the crowd, but just slightly over the crowds head.
One old man from the firing squad had difficulty standing, but still he managed to raise his rifle and fire. Meanwhile the young boy to his left squinted in the sun and wheeled his rifle around wildly, firing his weapon in something of a erratic pattern.
A distinct look of “good hell, let those be blanks” was on the face of many.
U.S. Sen Orrin Hatch was on hand to pay his respects at the Orem Cemetery before rushing off to another service at Hill Air Force Base.