A Boy Scout has been playing taps every night outside a New Jersey nursing home where more than 100 veterans have died amid the coronavirus crisis and concluded his daily tribute with a special Memorial Day ceremony.
13-year-old Alex Saldana joined the Passaic Valley Elks Lodge Monday for a flag-planting ceremony outside the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home in Paramus, New Jersey. One hundred American flags were placed on the front lawn as Saldana trumpeted the iconic bugle call, honoring those who have died from novel coronavirus at the nursing home in recent weeks.
Alex Saldana, 13, plays "Taps" outside a New Jersey nursing home for veterans every night since April 8th."I'm glad I got to play a small part in honoring our veterans during this sad time," Saldana said.The eighth grader is the bugler for his Boy Scout troop and was trying to find ways to honor veterans in the community.
Alex Saldana, 13, plays "Taps" outside a New Jersey nursing home for veterans every night since April 8th."Many of their kids and their family members can't honor veterans in a traditional way right now because of the coronavirus," Saldana said."A tribute to salute their service can go a long way."
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