Wisconsin Rapids VFW Looking for Volunteers to Place Flags on Veterans’ Graves for Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 -- 10:01 AM

(Thomas Schumacher, WSAU) Volunteers are needed by the Wisconsin Rapids VFW to place flags at over 3,300 cemeteries before Memorial Day.

According to Thomas Schumacher with WSAU, on Saturday, May 18, at 9:45 a.m., volunteers are asked to gather at Forest Hill Mausoleum to place American flags on veterans’ headstones in three of the bigger Wisconsin Rapids cemeteries.

Monday, May 27, is Memorial Day. This day pays tribute to all the men and women who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States, which has been celebrated since 1868.

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