'A Heavy Burden of Grief': The Chaplains Who Bear a Nation's Gratitude and a Family's Grief

'A Heavy Burden of Grief': The Chaplains Who Bear a Nation's Gratitude and a Family's Grief At Arlington National Cemetery, the honor bestowed upon fallen heroes is carried out with solemn, military precision. Within that sacred protocol, chaplains serve a unique dual role: expressing a nation's formal gratitude while offering pastoral comfort to families in their deepest grief.