For years, hundreds of American flags, once draped over the coffins of unclaimed veterans, sat in storage without a permanent resting place. That changed when a project spearheaded by Wayne Cohen and ...
A burial flag with the name Thomas J. Ayers of Dover was found in February in a VFW post in Fredericksburg, Va. David Harvey, a member of the post, spent three months tracking down relatives of Ayers.
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - The Lexington County Museum returned a burial flag to the family of a WWI veteran after it was found in a West Columbia apartment building hallway. The flag and case ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Volunteers gathered at Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke Tuesday for a Flag Placement in observance of Memorial Day. WDBJ7’s Kaira Willis spoke with a veteran about what this ...
When a burial flag is donated for display at Fern Hill, the staff prepares it for display, attaching the flag to a wooden pole and attaching the name of the veteran it memorializes. Then, on Memorial ...