Front row – l to r – Adeline Brown, Riddick Reed, Shae Vonderheide; Back row – l to r – Skylar Vonderheide Sarah Wyckoff, Bonnie Lawrence, Abby Brown, Aubrey Brown, Anna Brown and Linda Oakley
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Ten members of Strasburg American Legion Auxiliary Liberty Unit #289 brave the brisk winds and traveled to area cemeteries on Sunday, May 17, 2026, and placed 227 flags on the graves of veterans in preparation for Memorial Day. The Auxiliary places the flags a week before Memorial Day to allow early visitors to see the flags on the graves of their loved ones.
Eighty-eight flags were placed at St. Paul’s Cemetery; eighty-seven flags at Grace Cemetery; forty-five flags at Richland Cemetery; four at Wade Cemetery. Two flags will also be placed at Lookout Cemetery. Auxiliary members assisting with the placement of the flags included Bonnie Lawrence, Skylar Vonderheide, Sarah Wyckoff, Diana Arthur, and Linda Oakley, plus Junior members Abby, Anna, Aubrey, Adeline Brown and Shae Vonderheide. Also helping was Riddick Reed.
(Photo courtesy of Diana Arthur)
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