STURGIS, S.D. — Hundreds of folks spent their Sunday morning at the Black Hills National Cemetery serving to plant flags at every grave website ahead of Memorial Day.
More than 30,000 persons are interred at the cemetery, which covers almost 300 acres simply south of Sturgis.
With the assistance of everybody – from younger youngsters to older veterans, lively responsibility navy, mates, household, and grateful supporters – every website was marked with an American flag.
It’s all finished by hand and really a sight to see – a reminder of the actual motive behind the vacation.
“When you’re out having fun with your loved ones, your barbecues, and issues like that, take a while at the moment – pause for a second and bear in mind those who paid the final word sacrifice once more so we take pleasure in our freedoms that we take pleasure in at the moment,” says Chad Hartley with the Militiamen, a veterans bike group.
Hartley and different members of the militiamen say Memorial Day isn’t about thanking the dwelling veterans for his or her service, however about remembering those who gave all.
“Without them, we wouldn’t be right here. Their sacrifice, and our freedom we nonetheless have, if it weren’t for them, I don’t know the place we’d be at the moment,” says Walter O’Rourke, one other member of the Militiamen.
The decorations will stay up till after Memorial Day, earlier than volunteers return to decide up every flag and retailer them till subsequent yr.
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