While President John F. Kennedy’s Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are heavily packed with tourists on Veterans Day, Section 60, where recently fallen service members are buried, bore a different scene.
“It wasn’t at all crowded. There were maybe a dozen visitors scattered throughout the section, each keeping to themselves near their loved ones’ markers,” Veteran U.S. Army Sgt. David Brown told IJR.
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“Far away from cameras and fanfare,” Brown saw a “lone man” who he later realized was retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, who is secretary of defense. At the time, he was surprised to see him at Section 60, but upon reflection, he told IJR, “I can’t imagine anywhere else he’d be on Veterans Day.”
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