funeral protesters???? UPDATE

[Deb in IA]

UPDATE:

My community of Little Ferry NJ was able to pay tribute to our fallen hero , Marine Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton age 24, with dignity. He was struck by shrapnel in Iraq's Al Anbar province on April 26 after alerting his comrades to the presence of a suicide bomber. All escaped serious harm except Matthew who died at the Bethesda Medical center on May 5 after receiving the purple heart at a bedside ceremony.

Thousands of my neighbors lined Liberty street for 1/2 a mile to honor and line the procession route from our Borough Hall( where the wake was held) to St. Margarets Church for the funeral . There was complete silence for the 25 minutes it took for the solomn procession......young little league players held hats over hearts and aging veterans held a salute with shaking hands as a mournful lone drumbeat was the only sound heard.
The Patriot Guard and the Nam knights lined the route with their motorcycles and it is quite a moving sight to see ( and also comforting to know that good folks like these are protecting and honoring our military families)

Matthew had wanted to become a police officer either in our town or our county after he left the Marines and he was made a Little Ferry police officer this past friday, badge # 44 retired.

We can never repay this family for the sacrifice of their son.......I only hope that in some small way the community support during this time can help them ....


Thank you all for the support here and I hope that we can all help to see that laws are passed to protect grieving families for those extremists who seek to twist a time of personal grief and use it to advance their own sick platform.....

That was beautiful, akhenaten. I had tears in my eyes.

Glad to see the Patriot Guard and Nam Knights were there. Did the Fred Phelps/Westboro Baptist Church protest?