![]() The image prompted him to write the book length story-poem, Memorial Day. Sharrett’s photo struck a chord with Rochester writer Alan Hilfiker. The picture he took of her that day was featured on the front page of The New York Times on Memorial Day 2010. “I knew we shared the same experience,” he said. During a visit to Section 60, a mourning woman caught his eye. Sharrett has spent time at Arlington as both a mourner and a reporter. ![]() The ground in Section 60 is moist with the tears of friends and loved ones of the fallen,” said photographer Luke Sharrett. ![]() ![]() “It is truly humbling to look across the sea of white headstones and realize that these men and women went, so I didn't have to. Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a somber place where families come to remember and mourn. ![]()
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