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  • The Story Behind the Photo of a Bald Eagle on a Veteran's Grave

    11/11/2019 8:09:04 AM PST · by Kartographer · 19 replies
    Good Housekeeping ^ | 5/29/15 | MEGAN HARNEY
    It's the Memorial Day image that made Americans online everywhere put their hands to their hearts. A photo that amateur photographer Frank Glick snapped in 2011 of a bald eagle resting on a veteran's gravestone suddenly went viral after the Department of Veterans tweeted it earlier this week. And it's easy to see why. The shot depicts a bald eagle, America's iconic symbol of freedom, perched atop a gravestone, pensively looking out over the expanse. According to an interview with Fox News, Glick snapped the image early one morning at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota before attending a...