Wreath ceremony a time to honor nation's fallen

As it was for so many who honored our nation's fallen by laying wreaths at their headstones Saturday, the grave Rebecca Navarro tended at Bakersfield National Cemetery was as significant as her tribute was heartfelt.

Carefully placing her green garland under gray skies, as mists drifted down from damp hillsides, she delivered a kiss to the white marble headstone of her husband Louis Mendez. He served