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 The installation of these tombstones in the little Convent Cemetery was an event of solemn grandeur, thrilling in its patriotic and religious blending. Over a thousand Sisters were then at the Mother House for the annual summer school and retreat. An altar had been improvised in the cemetery in front of the Calvary group that stands in the center at the far end. Large American flags were stretched on either side. Countless smaller flags decorated the Calvary mound, and a flag stood at the head of the grave of each war nurse, here and there among the other graves.

The choir of nearly a hundred voices, black veiled religious and white veiled novices, stood to the right. The Community gathered around on the walks and