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Highlighting the St. Mary’s church cemetery’s 400 or so graves are American and Irish national flags, placed there on Memorial Day.

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Fairfax Station: Saint Mary of Sorrows Honors Dead American and Irish Veterans

Perched on a hill, the stately white St. Mary’s church overlooks Ox Road in Fairfax Station. Highlighting the cemetery’s 400 or so graves, some dating back to the time of the Roman Catholic church’s first mass in 1860, are American and Irish national flags placed on Memorial Day.

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