Auxilians Place Flags for Memorial Day

 

10 members of Strasburg American Legion Auxiliary Liberty Unit #289 traveled to five area cemeteries on May 20th and placed 219 flags on the graves of veterans in preparation for Memorial Day. 

The Auxiliary places the flags a week before Memorial Day to allow early visitors to see the flags on the graves of their loved ones.

84 flags were placed at St. Paul’s Cemetery; 86 flags at Grace Cemetery; 43 flags at Richland Cemetery; four at Wade Cemetery and two at Lookout Cemetery. 

Auxiliary members assisting with the placement of the flags included Cinda Held, Charlene Telgmann, Bonnie Lawrence, Kathy Eckstein, and Jamie Brown, and Junior members Abby, Anna, Aubrey, Adeline Brown and Shae Vonderheide. 

In attached photo L to R

(Photo courtesy of Cathy Griffith)

Front row – l to r – Aubrey Brown, Shae Vonderheide, Adeline Brown

Back row – l to r – Charlene Telgmann, Bonnie Lawrence, Kathy Eckstein, Abby Brown, Jamie Brown, Anna Brown, Cinda Held