Editor, Gazette-Journal:

On Memorial Day weekend 2011 in Gloucester, nearly 200 volunteers, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts from around the county came out to give of their time and place a flag on every known veteran’s grave in Gloucester. Over 1,300 flags were placed on heroes/veterans’ graves by people who honor the service of these heroes and want to pay their respects to these veterans and their families.

This event takes all year to prepare and all day to execute, but these wonderful volunteers persevere through the heat and nonexistent roads, swarms of mosquitoes, ticks and any number of other insects that bite and leave marks. These volunteers return after placing their flags on their designated graves; muddy, bitten, sore but with a smile on their faces. These heroes honor our veteran heroes that have gone on. So we thank these volunteers that work all year to raise the money to buy the flags one donation at a time, and keep this event in the public ey...