Herman August Hibsch was my great-great uncle. He was born in
Wisconsin to Prussian immigrants. The family moved to Azusa,
California in the late 1880s. He served in the Spanish American
War at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. That service,
though short, had a life-long impact on him. He was devoted to
ensuring that military service men and women were recognized on
Memorial Day and Veterans Day. He would visit patients in
military hospitals and place American flags on grave sites of
fallen comrades. Ironically, he died driving home on Memorial
Day weekend in 1939 after placing flags at grave sites. To honor
him, his wife had the Spanish American War emblem engraved on
his gravestone. He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery,
Inglewood, California. Posted by Denise Hibsch Richmond Military
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