A teenager's determination to honor veterans means that some 3,400 graves of Civil War soldiers will each bear a carnation on Memorial Day.
Marina Hillis, a 13-year-old East Jessamine Middle School student, has raised $1,500 over the last month so she could purchase flowers for the graves of forgotten and unknown soldiers.
Of the nearly 14,000 graves at Camp Nelson, 3,400 are Union soldiers; of those, some 1,200 are unidentified. A stone wall separates that section from the more recent graves.
"I just felt that people that were forgotten weren't really getting any visitors," Marina said. "I didn't realize there were so many out there, but I'm determined to do it."
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