PHOTOS: Loved ones of fallen service members release butterflies at Fort Gregg-Adams in remembrance

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Families and loved ones of fallen military service members released butterflies in their memory on Wednesday at Fort Gregg-Adams.

On Wednesday, May 22, the Army Community Memorial Garden was full of those who have lost someone in the line of duty. In a special ceremony designed to honor the memory of the fallen, each family released a butterfly into the garden.

Fort Gregg-Adams’ Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) hosts an event like this every year before Memorial Day as part of its ongoing efforts to support this important part of the military community.

“[Survivor Outreach Services] provides long-term support to surviving Families of fallen Soldiers,” said SOS on its website . “Our goal is to reassure survivors that they remain valued members of the Army Family.”

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