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(24 May, 2007)

 

 

Media Advisory

 

Scouts To Place Flags For Memorial Day At State Veterans Cemetery

 

 

 

 


Who: 900 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies

 

What: Placing flags on graves of New Jersey veterans

 

When: Friday, May 25 at 5 p.m.

 

Where: Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Provinceline Road, Wrightstown (Arneytown), New Jersey, 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 nearly 33,000 graves have been decorated, the scouts will enjoy a cookout style dinner.   This community service will be commemorated with a scouting patch.

 


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