Scouts place flags at veterans' graves across the country ahead of Memorial Day as WWII dead buried in Europe are honored and Blue Angels perform stunning demonstration over Long IslandDaily Mail/UK, May 26, 2018
Across the country and around the world, the graves of America's war dead are being prepared for Memorial Day commemorations.
In Los Angeles, more than 6,000 Scouts arrived the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday to place American flags at the graves of veterans in a ceremony ahead of Memorial Day on Monday.
The participants included Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts. Organizers say 88,000 flags were placed in tribute. Each uniformed scout placed a flag by one of the graves and solemnly saluted.
Similar scenes played out across the nation on Saturday, as Scouts turned out to honor dead veterans.
At Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee, where over 15,000 are buried, hundreds of Scouts arrived to place a flag by each grave marker.
In Texas, BSA Troop 8787 followed its 20-year tradition of visiting the Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville to place about 5,000 flags on graves to honor veterans.
In Mississippi, volunteers also honored those who died in service to their country at the Natchez National Cemetery.
There, he placed flowers at the grave of his grandfather's unit commander in World War I, US Marine Corps Lt. Carleton Burr.
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