23-05-2025
Honoring fallen servicemembers ahead of Memorial Day
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Ahead of Memorial Day, veterans and other volunteers are honoring our nation's heroes.
More than 500 flags were placed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in New Cumberland at graves of servicemembers.
They're veterans from the Civil War to the present day and include two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
'It's bad weather, but they go through worse than this,' Richard Zeigler, commander at the American Legion Post 143. 'So it's still an honor, even though it's raining, to come out here and recognize them.'
The flags will stay at the graves for about a month.
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