Beaufort National Cemetery seeks Memorial Day flag volunteers

Volunteers are needed to help place flags at every grave site at the Beaufort National Cemetery for Memorial Day.Photo byPhil Heim/Beaufort Pics

Memorial Day is fast approaching and the Beaufort National Cemetery is looking for volunteers to assist in placing flags at every one of the nearly 25,000 grave sites within its brick walls to honor our fallen Veterans.

Beaufort National Cemetery is coordinating the placing of the flags on Sunday, May 26th.

Individuals can volunteer or groups can get together and help out. School and church groups, scout troops and other groups and volunteer organizations are encouraged to come out.

Flag placing starts around 6pm and will end when all flags are placed. Flags are provided by the National Cemetery.

If you are interested in helping, you can just show up at the date and time specified.

Groups wishing to schedule an individual Flags In event between Wednesday May 22nd and Friday, May 24th should contact the cemetery at 843-524-3925 or Beaufort.NationalCemetery@va.gov no later than Friday, May 17th.

Beaufort National Cemetery is one of six national cemeteries that were established for the reinterment of Union soldiers and sailors who died in the region during the Civil War. It was designated by President Abraham Lincoln on February 10th, 1863.

Today, more than 25,000 are interred at the Beaufort National Cemetery.

Managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the 33 acre final resting place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.