Operation Flags for Vets Seeks Volunteers to Help Honor Military Veterans

Volunteers place flags on gravesites to honor veterans

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The community came together at Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery Wednesday afternoon to honor those who served our country. The annual event brought out dozens of volunteers, veterans and scouts to plant over 5,000 flags next to gravesites of veterans buried at the cemetery. It's located on Monroe Avenue NE, next to Michigan Veteran Homes. James Redford, the event's keynote speaker and a Navy veteran, told News 8 t…

'I was about ready to cry' | Crews work to clean up Madisonville cemetery where many soldiers are buried

At Laurel Cemetery in Madisonville, many headstones are covered by overgrown grass reaching as tall as three to four feet.The cemetery is where many soldiers, including World War II veterans, are buried. That includes Michael Schrichten's uncle."That's an empty grave right there of my uncle," Schrichten said. "They never found his body."His grandparents are also buried there. Schrichten said when he first saw how bad the conditions of the cemete…

Volunteers invited to place flags on Air Force veterans' graves ahead of Memorial Day

(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — Volunteers are invited to join Air Force Academy staff to place more than 1,600 American flags on veteran graves at the Academy Cemetery on Friday, May 23 ahead of Memorial Day. According to the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), flags are placed annually to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans on Memorial Day. The Air Force Academy maintains the only active cemetery in the Air Force, with one medal of honor…

Operation Flags for Vets seeks volunteers to help honor military veterans

Note: Video is from a 2023 report DES PLAINES, Ill. (WGN) — Operation Flags for Vets is seeking locals to help in the annual Memorial Day Weekend tradition of honoring veterans. Every year, the organization plants nearly 5,000 flags on the gravesites of veterans at the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Wheeling native takes command of world’s largest aircraft carrier Volunteers should meet at 700 N…

Volunteers Will Mark Memorial Day Weekend By Placing Flags on Graves at Local Cemeteries

LIVERMORE — American Legion Post 47 in Livermore, with the help of volunteers, is set to place small American flags on the graves of veterans at Roselawn Cemetery for the 103rd consecutive year on Saturday, May 24.

Post 10 to place flags

The American Legion Post 10 in Winfield is requesting assistance in placing flags in Highland Cemetery for the Memorial Day holiday.