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1,000 Volunteers Honor Navy Veteran Mulligan with Burial

6/14/2026

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They gathered flowers, crossed state lines, and secured a burial for 82-year-old Navy veteran John W. Mulligan at New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery before 100.
The Standing with Fallen Comrades program, 1,000 volunteers, alerts members to burials, prompting Tammy Jo Cormier to bring a bouquet from Sanbornville.
Honor Guard performed a flag-fold ceremony and gave the flag to Navy veteran Valerie Ellmer, who will keep it while locating Mulligan’s relatives.

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Story summary

They gathered flowers, crossed state lines, and secured a burial for 82-year-old Navy veteran John W. Mulligan at New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery before 100.
The Standing with Fallen Comrades program, 1,000 volunteers, alerts members to burials, prompting Tammy Jo Cormier to bring a bouquet from Sanbornville.
Honor Guard performed a flag-fold ceremony and gave the flag to Navy veteran Valerie Ellmer, who will keep it while locating Mulligan’s relatives.