Before Monday's ceremony even began, visitors to Zachary Taylor National Cemetery paused to honor the brave men and women who gave everything in service to our nation.

The Monument Avenue home was built near the Jefferson Davis monument because Ms. Taylor’s father-in-law, a tobacco tycoon, was a descendant of President Zachary Taylor, who was friends with Davis.

the men carrying the casket of Benjamin Aviles slowly making their way through Greenmount Cemetery in North Philadelphia last week. Then the unimaginable as they put down the casket, the wood ...