Efforts ensure 2,200 flags fly over veterans’ graves in Butler Township this Memorial Day
BUTLER TWP — More than 2,200 flags will fly over the graves of veterans buried at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery this Memorial Day because of a Thursday initiative by the Butler Senior High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC).
Students and their commanding officer, combat veteran Maj. Richard Coleman, worked Thursday morning to ensure flags were placed at every relevant gravesite at the 380 Evans City Road location in Butler Township.
Thomas Hirz grabs a flag from Owen Kildoo as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Sofie Redick-Gray salutes a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Owen Kildoo places a flag on a grave as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Madeleine Parsons holds the names of locations they will place flags on the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Owen Kildoo places a flag on a grave as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Jovie Oxford carries a box of flags as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Members from the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC program walk through the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery to place flags on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Madeleine Parsons, left, helps Jovie Oxford in finding a gravesite as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Jovie Oxford holds extra flags as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz places a flag on a grave as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Owen Kildoo places a flag on a grave as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Jovie Oxford salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz holds flags to be placed at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Thomas Hirz salutes the grave of a veteran’s grave after placing a flag as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Owen Kildoo carries a box of flags as the Butler Senior High School Junior ROTC place flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery on Thursday, May 21. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
