We had a great turnout for the event and the weather couldn't have been better. We were instructed by members of the VFW on how to do the flagging; for any veteran's grave the scouts made sure a new flag was correctly planted and old flags were removed. The Troop started at 8am at the Village Cemetery (on Washington St, across from the KFC). With more boys arriving by the minute, we were able complete the cemetery in an hour and then move on to the North Cemetery by 9am. At the North Cemetery (near Abigail Adams home) we met up with Pack 2 and began the flagging. This cemetery is very big and rather difficult to work on due to the number of roads and hills, but the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts did a great job of working together. By 10am we were on to the St. Francis Xavier, near Shaws. This is another large cemetery, but the Boy Scouts did a great job of covering the entire cemetery. By the end of the day the boys had placed over 2000 new flags, in honor of those that served in times of war. The old flags will be retired during a ceremony in November at Valley Pines. After all the work was done, we were treated to pizza and soda by the VFW, at there post on Broad St.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Event Report: Cemetery Flagging
We had a great turnout for the event and the weather couldn't have been better. We were instructed by members of the VFW on how to do the flagging; for any veteran's grave the scouts made sure a new flag was correctly planted and old flags were removed. The Troop started at 8am at the Village Cemetery (on Washington St, across from the KFC). With more boys arriving by the minute, we were able complete the cemetery in an hour and then move on to the North Cemetery by 9am. At the North Cemetery (near Abigail Adams home) we met up with Pack 2 and began the flagging. This cemetery is very big and rather difficult to work on due to the number of roads and hills, but the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts did a great job of working together. By 10am we were on to the St. Francis Xavier, near Shaws. This is another large cemetery, but the Boy Scouts did a great job of covering the entire cemetery. By the end of the day the boys had placed over 2000 new flags, in honor of those that served in times of war. The old flags will be retired during a ceremony in November at Valley Pines. After all the work was done, we were treated to pizza and soda by the VFW, at there post on Broad St.
