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Volunteers sought for annual flag project
Also seeking cemeteries to place flags
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The local American Legion post, which works with other organizations to place American flags on veterans’ graves in Bulloch County before each Memorial Day, is looking for more volunteers and more cemeteries.American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90, two Boy Scout troops and Hodges-Moore Funeral Home are prepared to place up to 1,800 flags on Saturday, May 24, reports American Legion Post 90 Commander Terry Preslar.“My concern is, if anybody would like to help us, that would be great, but the main thing is, if there’s a cemetery that we’re missing, we need to be told so that we can add it,” Preslar said.If a group of volunteers would like to put up flags at a particular cemetery, Preslar will provide the flags. Boy Scouts place the flags in two large cemeteries, Eastside Cemetery and Bulloch Memorial Gardens, with help from Hodges-Moore Funeral Home, which buys some of the flags. Other volunteers recruited by the American Legion will place flags in at least 17 other cemeteries throughout the county.The American Legion post has been leading this project for a decade or more, and the number of flags has increased as more cemeteries have been identified.
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