PAFCO, volunteers place flags on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Mike Vernalis and dog April look for a veteran's gravesite in St. Casimir's Cemtery to adorn with a flag.

SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS – Ahead of Memorial Day, a local fire company is continuing its tradition of honoring our veterans.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Sharon Gladski, left, and Trisha Palubinsky place a flag on a gravesite in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Members of the Polish American Fire Company and additional volunteers spent the afternoon adorning veterans’ graves in Shenandoah Heights with American Flags.

Beginning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery at the top of the hill and working their way down, the volunteers placed flags at the gravesites of veterans from a wide variety of conflicts.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Randi Wood, left, of Turkey Run, and Osbaldo Pagan, of Shenandoah Heights, both Shenandoah Valley High School students, place a flag on a gravesite in St. Casimir’s Cemetery.

PAFCO volunteers were assisted by community members and students from Shenandoah Valley High School.

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