"Our honored dead" at the Golden Gate

The National Cemetery in San Francisco's Presidio is a quiet, peaceful place. The expanse of graves can can support a reflective silence.

Not so much so today. Memorial Day means a band concert and speakers.

In the older sections, there are rows on rows of headstone markers.

But no more are being added.

Following World War II, [the cemetery] was largely at capacity; new burials stopped in 1973, with the exception of family members who have an existing plot.

I guess the dead of our more recent wars go elsewhere.