American Legion Post #25 of Lake Placid continued a decades-long Memorial Day tradition Saturday morning, placing American flags at Oak Hill Cemetery for the 450 veterans buried there.
The group gathered May 23 at the cemetery, where Commander Fred Pierce opened the morning with prayer before the flags were placed. For the American Legion, the tradition is not ceremonial filler. It is a responsibility — making sure the veterans buried in Lake Placid are remembered, by name and by place, as Memorial Day approaches.
This year, more than 30 people came to help. “We normally have four or five show up, so this is wonderful,” Pierce said.
By the time the work was finished, Oak Hill Cemetery carried the visible reminder of Memorial Day — row after row of American flags placed by American Legion Post #25 and those who came to help continue the tradition.
