We were very fortunate this year again. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 14, 2025 in Washington DC. It was 84 degrees with a nice breeze. There were about 130 students and seven chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan visiting this year. With the exception of 2020 and 2021 (missed due to Covid), the kids from Mona Shores ...
We were very fortunate this year. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 15, 2024 in Washington DC. It was 84 degrees with a nice breeze. The next Saturday was predicted to be 98 degrees, hot and muggy. There were 123 students and many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan visiting this year. With the exception of 2020 ...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 18, 2023 in Washington DC, 144 students and many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. With the exception of 2020 and 2021 (missed due to Covid), the kids from Mona Shores have stopped at Eric's gravesite as part of their annual DC trip each year since 2007. Alex P...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 11, 2022 in Washington DC, 147 students and many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. Alex Parr, a teacher at Mona Shores, made most of the coordination for the get together. This was the first time since Covid that Alex and the Mona Shores staff conducted this sp...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 15, 2019 in Washington DC, 135 students and many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shores, arranged for the get together. This was the twelfth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted this sp...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 16, 2018 in Washington DC, 135 students and many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery with me and my wife Wendi. This was the eleventh consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted this special visit. Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shore...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 17, 2017 in Washington DC, 121 students many chaperones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery with me and my wife Wendi. This was the tenth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. We also were blessed to have my father (Eric's grandfa...
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June 18, 2016 in Washington DC, over 125 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery with me and my wife Wendi. This was the ninth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Similar to their meetings the last eight yea...
On June 13, 2015, on a hot, muggy afternoon in Washington DC, over 125 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the eighth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Similar to their meetings the last eight years, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona S...
On June 14, 2014, on a beautiful afternoon in Washington DC, over 100 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the seventh consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Similar to their meetings the last seven years, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona S...
On June 15, 2013, on a beautiful afternoon in Washington DC, 111 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the sixth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Unlike other years, the students visited Eric's graveside first before participating in t...
On June 16, 2012, 102 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the fifth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Unlike other years, we caught a break in the weather as it was a mild 85 degrees. A few days later, it would be over 100 – good timi...
On April 19,2012, a program was presented to about 100 students at Eric's high school in Severna Park called "Character Does Matter". It taught the students about the role of character in a person's life and used the examples of Eric's life and that of Travis Manion, another Fallen hero. The program taught the students about four pillars of charact...
On June 18, 2011, approximately 80 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the fourth consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Similar to their meetings the last three years, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shores, arranged for the get to...
On June 12, 2010, approximately 80 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. This was the third consecutive year that Eric Wahlberg and the Mona Shores staff conducted the visit. Similar to their meetings the last two years, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shores, arranged for the get together. E...
On December 18, 2010, approximately 25 students and chaparones from Severna Park High School in Maryland met at Arlington Cemetery. Jeff Turner, a teacher at Severna Park, arranged for the get together. Because Eric was a 2005 graduate of Severna Park High School, Jeff thought the visit to Arlington to see Eric's gravesite and talk with his f...
On June 13, 2009, approximately 95 students and chaparones from Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan met at Arlington Cemetery. Similar to their first meeting last year, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shores, arranged for the get together. Eric had struck on the idea two years ago to use the life of Marine Lance Corporal Eric Herzberg to help ed...
In the spring of 2007, Eric Wahlberg, a teacher at Mona Shores Middle School in Michigan, saw the Memorial Day concert which featured Erics' story. He was inspired to use the story of Erics' life as one of the ways to teach his students about democracy and the price of freedom. He got in touch with Erics' father (also named Eric) to let him know ho...