Volunteer for Memorial Day Flowers at Arlington Cemetery

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SOURCE: MCSC Families

WHAT: Volunteer for Memorial Day Flowers at Arlington Cemetery

WHEN: May 28 at 10 AM to May 29 at 2 PM

WHAT: Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Drive, Arlington, VA 22211

Groups known as “Memorial Day Flowers” and “RallyPoint” need volunteers to place flowers on every grave and to hand out flowers to visitors on May 28 and 29 at Arlington National Cemetery. To volunteer, visit https://memorialdayflowers.org/web/portfolio_page/arlington-national-cemetery/ or http://remember.rallypoint.com/flowers.

On May 28, volunteers will begin staging at 10 a.m. in section 33 on Eisenhower to unload trucks. Then from 12-3 p.m., volunteers will place flowers on headstones at assigned sections or hand out flowers at the Visitors Center and Section 60. On May 29, volunteers will hand out flowers to visitors entering the cemetery at the Visitors Center and also at Section 60. There are three-hour shifts starting at 7 a.m. through 2 p.m.

Besides Arlington, there are 15 other national cemeteries that are also participating.

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