She Honored 60 Veterans Whose Families Couldn't Visit Arlington National Cemetery

As Domenech arrived Monday morning, she grabbed a handful of extra flowers from volunteers at the cemetery. She was preparing to pay her respects to her grandfather, whose gravesite she visits every Memorial Day and Veterans Day, when she was struck by the idea of helping others pay theirs.

"As I was going in, I was remembering past years where most of the people you see in Arlington are people who are there to visit their buddies, where the fallen service member is somebody who they served with," Domenech says."And the idea that all those people who I would normally see on a day like that were not going to be able to come in, it just kind of blew my mind."

So she posted an offer on Twitter: She would honor those whose loved ones weren't able to access the cemetery. Does anyone have buddies buried in Arlington who they would like visited today? Since only family members are allowed in, I would be honored to pay respects on your behalf...Domenech says at first she expected to receive only a few replies from people she knows. But within a few hours of her initial tweet, the replies were impossible to keep up with. People were retweeting her post and tagging their friends.

Domenech laid down flowers at various gravesites until she ran out. She also dusted off some gravestones and took photos, posting them on Twitter. She says she received a few reprimanding glances from the security staff, since visitors were asked to stay in their family member's section.

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