Update: showing up at the cemetery around 9:15-9:30 would be more accurate. Bill is having some people at the VFW at 9am first, then they head out from there after a few words from Bill. Our Pack will have many flags already, and we will start when Bill and the others show up. Drive to the back of the cemetery. Call me if you need to: James 843-870-2525.

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Friendly reminder that we will be placing flags at the grave markers of Veterans this Saturday morning, beginning at 9AM. The VFW has invited us to the VFW post after the event for brunch. We will have a lot of small flags, and our COR Bill Lane will back us up with more. TIP: for each parent to bring a screwdriver. Idea is to poke the hole in the ground first, makes placing the flag easier.
Please drive to the back most part of the cemetery and we will work our way towards the front. Event happens rain or shine.

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Please join us us on Saturday May 25th at Forest Lawn East Cemetery for a Memorial Day Flag Placement ceremony. Flags will be provided and we will help lead scouts and families in attendance.

Class A uniform is preferred, but if comfort/weather is an issue then class B uniform can be worn instead.

During this event in 2023, our COR from the VFW (Bill Lane) delivered over 1,000 flags to Forest Lawn for us to place at the graves of Veterans.

Upon completion, the VFW then invited all attendee’s back to the VFW for a hotdog & chips brunch.

In 2023, it only took around 1.5 hours to complete.

Memorial Day is a wonderful holiday where we get to honor and mourn the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Flag etiquette for Memorial Day: On Memorial Day the flag should be flown at half-staff
sunrise until noon only, then raised briskly to the top of the staff until sunset, in honor of the nation’s battle heroes. Flag mounted from porch: Flags mounted to flagpoles that are too short, or flags that are hung on flat surfaces may not be capable of flying at half-staff. Such circumstances leave many people feeling like they are unable to honor and mourn with the rest of the nation. This is not necessarily the case. Though not mentioned in the U.S. Flag Code, there is a long-standing tradition of using black ribbons to signify mourning akin to flying the flag at half-staff. One streamer of black ribbon, approximately twice the length of the hoist (the short side of the flag), approximately the width of the stripes can be attached below the finial at the top of the flagpole. Be mindful, however, not to attach the ribbon to the flag itself. Again, this is not a practice that is specified in the United States Flag Code, but it is a practice rooted in tradition and honor. “Flag’s In” tradition: At Arlington National Ceremony, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places American Flags at the gravesites of fallen service members just before Memorial Day. This take’s place every year since the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment was designated as the official “ceremonial unit” in 1948

Location

3700 Forest Lawn Dr, Weddington, NC 28104, USA