Mountain View cemetery in Lethbridge is the final resting place for more than 1,400 police and military veterans.

With some people having been buried there for over 100 years, the gravestones can become worn down and dirty over time.

As a result, volunteers gathered for the second straight year to ensure each is in top condition.

“(This) kind of means a lot to us. We appreciate the freedom that these guys gave us. So, it’s a little bit that we can give back,” said Lee Willoughby, operations coordinator with the Veteran’s Association in Lethbridge.

He organized the cleaning, saying it’s important to view each grave as a real life lived, not just a name in stone.

“I was over in Europe and looked at a lot of gravesites and it’s pretty rough — the amount of young people killed there — 17,

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