It breaks my heart to think about all of the veterans who lost their lives in the line of duty for our country, only to be forgotten with time.
We like to remember them on holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day, but for the majority of deceased soldiers, their legacy fades over the years…and so does their final resting place.
While most people wouldn't think twice about a late soldier's tarnished tombstone, Tampa Bay, Florida man Andrew Lumish refused to let them continue to disappear into the ground. The self-employed carpet cleaner only gets one day off a week and, much like this NYC-based barber who gives haircuts in his free time, he chooses to use that one day to remember the heroes of our nation's history.
On Sundays, the self-proclaimed history buff visits local cemeteries to clean and help restore the gravestones of veterans who lost their lives in conflicts such as World War I, the Civil War, Vietnam, and even the Spanish-American War. Although some people give the man strange looks as he scrubs down the run-down graves, he's proud of the work he does.
Up until the following ABC Action News report, no one knew who was cleaning the headstones, a lot like this man who was watering a veteran's gravesite near his wife's resting place. Now that the word is out, hopefully Lumish's kind deed will help inspire others to remember the past and in help in their own way.
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