In observance of Veterans Day, several thousand volunteers were expected Saturday at the Riverside National Cemetery to adorn nearly 225,000 graves with miniature American flags.
The flag placement event was scheduled to start at 8 a.m. in front of the cemetery’s amphitheater. Volunteers will then canvass the entire cemetery to place the national banner until the late morning.
Flags will be picked up Tuesday morning, event organizers said.
The flag-placing events, known as A Flag for Every Hero, began in 2012 and take place on Veterans Day and Memorial Day weekends.
The Riverside National Cemetery is 1,000 acres and is the third-largest of its kind in the U.S.
