Press release
The Avenue of Flags is something National Cemeteries display during Memorial Day. National Cemeteries can either put small flags up at each marker or display an Avenue of Flags for Memorial Day.
The Western New York National Cemetery has been recently approved to display the Avenue of Flags annually from Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday in May) to the Saturday after Veterans Day.
Each flag that is flown along the Avenue has either draped a Veterans casket or accompanied a Veterans urn to their final resting place.
Each flag has been presented to the Next of Kin of the Veteran on behalf of the President of the United States and the Branch of Service the Veteran served. Families donate their Veterans interment flags to fly in the Avenue to represent their service and sacrifice to the country.
The WNYNC Memorial Council is responsible for the maintenance of the flags as well as the collecting the donated flags.
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A group of students from the Veteran’s Outreach Club at Pembroke High School assisted with putting the flag poles and flags up for display on Friday afternoon. Three students with be assigned to inspect the flags each week to make sure they are in good condition. The group will also assist with the Wreaths Across America event later this year.