Volunteers help lay Memorial Day flags at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

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Volunteers help lay Memorial Day flags at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

This Memorial Day Weekend, thousands of volunteers from around San Antonio gathered early Sunday morning at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery to plant flags at every gravestone on site. The nonprofit behind the effort, Flags for Fallen Vets, said the event almost didn’t happen this year.Earlier in May, the nonprofit reached out to KSAT with concerns that they had a sponsorship and volunteer shortfall in the hundreds for 2025. However, this week…

Photo Gallery: Community Groups Gather to Place Flags on Veteran Graves at Cedar Grove Cemetery

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Thousands of volunteers place flags at 225,000 graves at Calverton National Cemetery

Scout troops, veterans groups and other volunteers from across Suffolk County decorated gravesites at Calverton National Cemetery Saturday with American flags in commemoration of Memorial Day, which is observed this year on Monday, May 26. Nearly 5,000 volunteers placed flags at 225,000 gravesites across the cemetery to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans… Source

Legion seeking flag donations for veteran graves - Uvalde Leader News

Scan this QR code to donate via Cash App to the American Legion 479, for flags on veterans the graves for Memorial Day. Members of American Legion Post and Auxiliary Unit 479 are seeking donations to buy miniature American flags they will place on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. Legion members, aided by volunteers including Boy Scout troops and community members, annually place flags on veteran graves in Uvalde, Knippa, Sabinal, and Barksdale…