How to resolve AdBlock issue? SCHUYLERVILLE — Several thousand people are expected to attend this weekend’s Memorial Day flag service that is performed each year at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.
Volunteers from local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts, Patriot Guard chapters and numerous businesses and organizations will convene at the cemetery’s main flagpole at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 27.
The volunteers will begin placing memorial flags at each of the gravesites by 8 a.m., according to Cliff Seguin, the founder and chairman of Operation Adopt A Soldier in Saratoga Springs.
“We’ve been doing it for years,” said Seguin, adding he is grateful for the efforts of so many volunteers. “It’s a really good feeling to know all these people help out.”
Sequin indicated that upwards of 4,000 people are expected to attend the event. Each year more gravesites are added, gradually increasing the number of flags that need to be placed, he said.
Officials at the cemetery said the number of gravesites stands at approximately 18,000, each of which will be adorned with a Memorial Day flag.
Seguin explained that volunteers will return at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30, to remove the flags.
The Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery is located at 200 Duell Road in Schuylerville. For more information, call 518-581-9128.
