Friday, May 27, 2016

Memorial Flag Planting at Fort Sheridan Cemetery

The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)caption


Dakota Fitzgerald, 11 of Lake Forest, Boy Scout Troop 48, helps plant flags on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Troop 48 Boy Scout Leader Peter White of Lake Bluff (left) and Dakota Fitzgerald, 11 of Lake Forest, volunteer planting flags on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Alex White (left) of Lake Bluff and Dakota Fitzgerald, 11 of Lake Forest (blue), of Boy Scout Troop 48, help plant flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)




Chief Daniel Porcelli of Great Lakes plants flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Chief Daniel Porcelli of Great Lakes (left) with his daughter Arianna, 15, plants flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Arianna Porcelli, 15, of Great Lakes, plants flags on the graves of veterans in honor of Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)




The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Boys Scout Troop 48, Lennart Droege, 15, of Lake Forest (center) and Rosie Meyer, 9 of Lake Bluff, plant flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Boys Scout Troop 48, Lennart Droege, 15, of Lake Forest, plants flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The American Legion Post 264 hopes to plant over 4,500 flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend in the area, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The American Legion Post 264, Boy Scout Troop 48, and other volunteers planted flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day weekend, hoping to plant over 4,500 in the area, on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Fort Sheridan Cemetery.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

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