Survey: Fort Logan among nation's top Memorial Day burial sites

DENVER (KDVR) — It's Memorial Day Weekend, and all across the United States, citizens will travel to National Cemeteries to pay tribute to the lives of friends, family, community members or even complete strangers who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the U.S. military.
Crowds of people will gather in the burial grounds, but not a peep will be heard as a moment of silence is held for the fallen.
Ahead of Memorial Day, Choice Mutual, an insurance company, surveyed over 3,000 U.S. citizens on which cemetery they would most like to visit.
Fort Logan in Denver was one of the most mentioned in the survey, and landed in the No. 20 spot.
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The top 10 most popular mentions included:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Illinois
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii
Yellowstone National Cemetery, Montana
Long Island National Cemetery, New York
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, New York
San Francisco National Cemetery, California
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas
Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts
Although it did not crack the top 10, Choice Mutual said participants like Fort Logan because it is a place of deep stillness. Rows of crisp white headstones stretch out beneath Colorado's famously blue skies. It's a place where silence speaks volumes.
'Military cemeteries are more than memorials – they're reminders,' said Anthony Martin, founder of Choice Mutual. 'They remind us that every generation has had people willing to serve and sacrifice. Visiting these places on Memorial Day helps ensure we don't take that for granted.'
The survey findings and an infographic of a map of the cemeteries can be found on the Choice Mutual website.
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