This Photo of a Bald Eagle Perched on a Soldier’s Tombstone is Going Viral This Memorial Day

25 May, 2015 by Warner Todd Huston

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An amateur photographer snapped the image of a bald eagle sitting on a soldier’s tombstone at Fort Snelling National Cemetery and the image is going viral this Memorial Day.

The photo was taken by one Mr. Frank Glick who was on his way to work when he saw the eagle perched on the tombstone as he was driving past the cemetery.

Jon Tevlin of the Star Tribune notes that since he took the photo, Mr. Glick has been inundated with requests for the image from people all around the world, including the U.S. military which has used the image in several publications.

“It’s been pretty hard to keep up with this stuff,” Glick said. “It’s pretty amazing what’s going on.”

It is a pretty wonderful photo and one that is poignant on this Memorial Day.

Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, BigJournalsim.com and all Breitbart News' other sites, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, and many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs across the country to discuss his opinion editorials and current events as well as appearing on TV networks such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, and various Chicago-based news programs. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston and follow him on Twitter, on Google Plus , and Facebook.