Volunteers will deploy throughout Riverside National Cemetery to erect miniature American flags alongside roughly 250,000 graves in a Memorial Day weekend salute to the nation's servicemen and women.
Southern California is getting ready to see more people out on the roads and at airports for Memorial Day weekend, known to be one of the busiest travel days of the year.Volunteers will deploy throughout Riverside National Cemetery Saturday to erect miniature American flags alongside roughly 250,000 graves in a Memorial Day weekend salute to the nation's servicemen and women.
"Accomplishing this large feat takes a lot of participation by many people, doing many different things," Brennan Leininger with nonprofit Honoring Our Fallen said. "Everyone's involvement is critical to the success of accomplishing this task. The emotional experience that results from participating in this event is what it is all about."
Boy Scouts, police Explorers, Civil Air Patrol cadets, unions and other interested parties from throughout the Inland Empire take part in the walks, which have drawn upwards of 1,500 volunteers in the past. Eventually, Leininger's group combined with Riverside resident Mary Ellen Gruendyke to ensure all graves receive a flag. Gruendyke had contributed money and time to the effort long before 2012.
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