In a restaurant, today I saw eight CBP officers in dress uniform. Two of them in kilts.

[Xipe Totec]

My wife and I happened to be at a restaurant in Mission, Tx having dinner today when we saw Customs and Border Patrol officers in dress uniform enter the restaurant. I saw one of them wearing a kilt.

After dinner, as we were leaving, and curious about the kilt, I decided to approach their table and ask them what was the event they were going to or coming from.

They told me they were coming from a funeral for a police officer from Mission. The two dressed in kilts were pipers. The other six dressed in pants were the pallbearers.

A police officer from Mission succumbed to covid-19. The Mission PD is small and they don't have a ceremonial guard of their own. So they asked the CPB to perform the funeral rites and they did.

I asked the officers in kilts what tartan they wore, and they answered that it was the registered tartan of the Customs and Border Patrol.

I thanked them for their assistance to a fellow law enforcement unit and left the restaurant with a lump in my throat.

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/funeral-services-announced-for-mission-police-officer-who-died-of-covid-19/

[dawg day]

1. I love bagpipers--

I know many hate it, but I associate it with funerals, and I just cry and cry at the sound...

But in a happy way, you know-- we are honoring the lives of the people who have moved on.

[Xipe Totec]

4. This is a different view of what bagpipes can do

[3catwoman3]

2. I, too, love bagpipes.

The sound sets my very cells to quivering.

[Xipe Totec]

3. This may extend your horizons on bagpipes