Man leaves more than 100,000 pennies on veterans' headstones to pay respects

SOMEONE IS A PENNY. AS WESH 2’S MEGHAN MILAZZO SHOWS US, AN ORLANDO MAN IS PLACING PENNIES ON THE HEADSTONES OF OUR NATION’S VETERANS AND THE SIMPLE GESTURE IS HAVING A BIG IMPACT. THEY SAY, FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP. AND ALL DAY LONG YOU’LL HAVE GOOD LUCK. BUT IF YOU FIND A PENNY ON A HEADSTONE, MUCH MORE THAN LUCK IS BEHIND IT. AND LIKE A NICKEL MEANS THAT YOU WENT TO BASIC TRAINING THEM A DIME MEANS THAT YOU SERVED WITH THEM. AND OF COURSE, THAT MEANS THAT YOU WERE THERE WHEN THEY DIED. CHAD PRICE SAYS A PENNY LEFT SOLDIER’S FAMILIES KNOW THAT SOMEONE THERE HAS STOPPED BY TO PAY THEIR RESPECT. HE’S BEEN PLACING PENNIES ON THE GRAVESITES OF VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2020. HIS INSPIRATION IN THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HIM. MY MOM’S DAD. HIS NAME IS ELMORE JOHN. HE I DON’T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IS SERVICE TIME. I KNOW HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. BUT MY GRANDPA. HE SERVED OVER IN GERMANY. AND HE WAS ALMOST IF HARRY TRUMAN DIDN’T DO WHAT HE DID IN JAPAN, HE HAD PROBABLY GONE OVER TO THE PACIFIC THEATER. SO THERE’S A CHANCE THAT HARRY TRUMAN SAVED MY GRANDPA’S LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT. SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF A PRETTY COOL THING WITH THAT. PRICE REACHED HIS GOAL OF 100,000 PENNIES, PLACED THE LAST TWO TO REACH THAT GOAL WERE DEDICATED TO HIS GRANDFATHER, EITHER ON HIS MOM’S SIDE AND HIS GRANDFATHER OR ON HIS DAD’S SIDE. HE’S PLACED PENNIES ON GRAVESITES AT EVERY NATIONAL CEMETERY IN FLORIDA. WITH SOME HELP, HE SAYS 7500 WERE PLACED AT FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY IN BUSHNELL SATURDAY, AND HE’S STILL GOING. HE’S ALSO ADDED A NEW INITIATIVE USING PENNIES TO PAY FOR PLATES COVERING VETERAN’S MEALS AT A VETERAN OWNED CAFE. I KNOW IF YOU EVER GO TO A RESTAURANT AND SOMEONE BUYS THEIR MEALS, IT’S A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH THE WAITRESS AND THE RESTAURANT AND THE FAMILY. PRICE SAYS HE HOPES HIS WAY OF REMEMBERING AND HONORING VETERANS AND ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO DO TH