She Needs a Background Check and a Day Pass to Visit Her Father’s Grave, Part 2
Kelly McHugh-Stewart picked up her ritual black coffee and red carnations, one for each member of her growing family, to lay at her father’s gravesite.
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She Needs a Background Check and a Day Pass to Visit Her Father’s Grave, Part 1
Kelly McHugh-Stewart lost her military ID when she turned 21, and in turn, the ability to easily visit her father’s grave at Fort Leavenworth.
An Army Brat and a Gold Star On Graduation Day
Kelly McHugh-Stewart’s father died in Afghanistan on May 18, 2010. Since then she’s had two separate graduations—both were on the anniversary of his death.
