U.S. Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard form an honor cordon for the entrance of U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, second from left, the director of the Joint Staff for the New York National Guard, during a ceremony marking the 231st birthday of former President Martin Van Buren at the Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Cemetery in Kinderhook, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2013.