Brian's Great Uncle Hugh Shaw had his memorial plaque dedicated at the Maritime Memorial wall in Astoria. We have seen this wall many times before with the kids, so it was really special to know that one of their relatives was being remembered there.
We met Stephanie (Hugh's daughter) and Brad, Joe and June (friends of the family), Aunt Sandra, and John and Patsy down in Astoria for the Memorial.
The kids were extremely good (you don't hear me say that very often, and maybe I should more...). They seemed to get the importance of the day and the service.
When Hughs name was called, they went with Stephanie to put flowers in the river for him.
Cousin Stephanie and Jake. She was wearing her dad's hat and one of his scarfs from his over seas travels.
The memorial is under the Astoria Meglar Bridge. This bridge is just magnificent! The actually have a 1/2 marathon that you run across and back on it....may attempt that in the future.
After the memorial we headed down to see Brian's old Coast Guard Ship "The Alert" by the Maritime Museum.
Some nice elderly gentleman offered to take a picture of the whole family....
Hard to believe Brian lived on this boat at one time.
This was such a memorable Memorial Day with a lot of meaning. We were grateful to be invited down to celebrate.
