Help place 77,000 flags at Bourne national cemetery Saturday morning

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Cape Cod observances of the solemn aspect of the Memorial Day holiday will begin Saturday when a crowd of volunteers is expected to gather at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.

For Operations Flag for Vets, they will place more than 77,000 American flags from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat on graves at what is the only federal Department of Veterans Affairs cemetery in New England.

Northeast winds kept the flags fluttering as a large crowd turned out last year at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne for Operation Flags for Vets, where nearly 80,000 new flags were placed on the graves for Memorial Day.
Northeast winds kept the flags fluttering as a large crowd turned out last year at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne for Operation Flags for Vets, where nearly 80,000 new flags were placed on the graves for Memorial Day.

The cemetery is on Connery Avenue off the Otis Rotary on Route 28. The event is sponsored by the SFC Jared C. Monti Charitable Foundation. Volunteers are requested to arrive by 8 a.m. to receive assignments.

Information: sfcjaredcmonti.org/operation-flags-for-vets/.

The flags will then be in place for a parade and ceremony starting at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Free parking is available outside the gate. All VA national cemeteries will be open through Memorial Day weekend from dawn to dusk.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: National Cemetery in Bourne place flags on veterans' graves