National non-profit cleans over 800 headstones at local cemetery to honor fallen heroes

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Flags flew at half-staff as people wore red, white, and blue to honor the veterans on these headstones.

"We need to remember that that happened. If the firefighters weren't there, if those police weren't there, if those service members weren't there, who knows what would have happened," Daniel Murton said.

Murton, a Navy veteran, traveled from Florence to participate in the ceremony at the Lexington National Cemetery. The event honored not just those lost on 9/11, but all people who put their lives on the line to protect freedom.

"Appreciate what you have here because a lot of other countries, you might not be able to say what you want to say. You can't do what you want to do," Murton said.

He helped clean more than 800 headstones alongside other volunteers. C