Honor and Patriotism

The local Boy Scout, Troop 199. place flags next to veterans stones at the St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery.

A local eighth grader places a flag in the holder next to this World War 1 veteran’s grave stone.

I had the pleasure of helping a local Boy Scout troop place flags at the graves of our local veterans for Memorial Day. The St Mary’s Catholic Cemetary is quite expansive for a small, rural area. It isn’t just a lawn full of stones, but there are suprises here. Each stone represents a life lived and real life breathing person.

It took over a dozen people more than an hour to make sure all of these service men received a flag. These men put their lives in danger to fight for the freedoms and rights that we have today. I only included a picture of a few stones who received flags because there are so many of them scattered among the large cemetery.