Veterans Day Event At Decatur Cemetery To Honor Fallen

DECATUR, GA — One of the oldest gravesites in the region, Decatur Cemetery comprises the last resting places of veterans from every war from the American Revolution in 1776 through the most recent engagements in the Middle East. Each year, on the first Saturday in November, volunteers with Friends of Decatur Cemetery place U.S. flags on the graves of more than 1,000 veterans.

In another tradition, the group will host a ceremony of remembrance on Saturday, Nov. 11, in partnership with the American Legion Harold Byrd Post 66 in Avondale Estates.

The 11 a.m. ceremony will take place at the Veteran's Memorial Rock in Decatur Cemetery. The 54-acre cemetery is at 229 Bell St. in Decatur.

The Friends of Decatur Cemetery, founded in 1993, is a volunteer group that works closely with the city and its citizens to preserve, maintain and improve the cemetery and educate the community about its importance as a historic and cultural resource. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Decatur Cemetery is the resting place of many citizens who helped create the communities we know today as Decatur, DeKalb County and the state of Georgia.

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