{"id":3331,"date":"2018-05-25T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/scouts-place-thousands-of-flags-for-memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2018-05-25T15:40:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:40:54","slug":"scouts-place-thousands-of-flags-for-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/scouts-place-thousands-of-flags-for-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouts Place Thousands of Flags for Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This Memorial Day marks the 50th anniversary of Scouts placing thousands of flags at the graves of the servicemen and servicewomen buried in the\u00a0Willamette National Cemetery<\/a>. These Scouts are like many others around the nation who use this opportunity to honor the sacrifice of these individuals ahead of Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

As the Scouts from the Cascade Pacific Council<\/a> of the BSA place each flag, they say a word of thanks to the service members, just as they have for decades. And while the reverence and respect are the same as years past, what\u2019s different this time around is that the Cub Scout boys are joined by Cub Scout girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is amazing, and being able to do it now with both of them as Cub Scouts is even more awesome,\u201d said Jenny, the mother of a Cub Scout son and daughter. \u201cIt\u2019s the one thing we look forward to every single year. It\u2019s kind of a tradition to come up here every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 I get to go honor people in the military, and I get to sit by my grandpa\u2019s grave for a little while,\u201d said Calvin H., one of the Scouts who shared why this is an important event.<\/p>\n

Be sure to watch the entire moving story from KATU 2 News<\/a> in Portland.<\/p>\n