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MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
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| IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (24 May, 2006) |
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Scouts To Place Flags For Memorial Day
Who: 900 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies
What: Placing flags on graves of New Jersey veterans
When: Friday, May 26 at 5 p.m.
Where: Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Provinceline Road, Wrightstown (Arneytown), N.J., 08562
The Story: More than 900 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies from troops throughout New Jersey will be decorating the graves in honor of Memorial Day at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The Scouts will begin arriving at 4 p.m. and start placing a flag on each grave at 5 p.m. After the more than 33,000 graves have been decorated, the scouts will enjoy a cookout style dinner. This community service will be commemorated with a scouting patch. |