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Volunteers Sought To Collect Flags At West Hartford Cemetery
The local American Legion is hosting a collection effort on Saturday, Nov. 16, to pick up and store 1,200 flags following Veterans Day.
WEST HARTFORD, CT — Local veterans are looking for volunteers Saturday to help them collect and store all of the American flags placed on veterans' gravesites for Veterans Day observances.
American Legion Hayes-Velhage Post 96 is seeking helpers to show up at Fairview Cemetery, 200 Whitman Ave., West Hartford, and lend a helping hand.
The collection effort is at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16.
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Those small American flags and flag holders placed on veterans gravesites last Saturday must be collected, stored, and used again on Memorial Day.
Volunteers are asked to assemble at 8:30 a.m. at the chapel's garage bay for instructions beforehand. No RSVP is needed.
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The more volunteers who show up, the less work there is for all.
In all, the American Legion said there are more than 1,200 military graves in Fairview Cemetery.
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