(NEWS CENTER) -- What are you doing this Saturday?
Volunteers are need to place flags at the St. Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston.
Coordinators say there are over 5,000 flags that need to be placed at the cemetery. The St. Peter’s flags are coordinated by the L/A Veterans Council however many of their members are older and unable to assist.
If you can make it, you are asked to meet at the Mausoleum, St. Peter’s Cemetery, Switzerland Road, Lewiston on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
The plan is to assign teams of 10 volunteers to an area of the cemetery and to cover the cemetery in a grid fashion in order to not miss any stone.
There is no master list of veterans buried at the cemetery, so volunteers will need to walk each row of stones and read the inscription on each gravesite.
Logistics:
Wear sneakers or boots in case the grass is wet
Bring a screwdriver to use to poke a hole in the grass. It makes it much easier to place the wooden dowel of the flag into the ground if you make the hole first.
Plan to bring a water bottle if it is a hot day.
Bring bug spray, hat and sunscreen
Children/youth are welcome with plenty of adult supervision (do not drop off minors to do this work unsupervised)
Wearing company or organization t-shirts is welcome and encouraged
