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We close the loop on the life of Civil War Veteran Joseph Chedester, whose ashes were left unburied for a century and whose honors finally reached his second great-granddaughters.

The Final Salute

The Eternal Valor Network, a Tracing Ancestors Project (501c3)

Original Final Salute, Des Moines Oct 2024; Kathleen Receiving Veteran Chedester's burial flag for unknown family

Full Video 14 Nov 2025,  KCCI 9 News, Iowa, Ben Kaplan
Honoring Iowa Veterans
Descendants Found and Burial Flag Passed to Family

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