Local Scouts Honor Veterans
Boy Scouts from Troops 75 and 80 in Cranford along with Troop 506 from Newark helped place flags and conduct a wreath laying at Fairmount Cemetery on Saturday, May 27. There are about 1,000 graves in the Soldiers Section of the cemetery and a Civil War Soldiers Monument built by the citizens of Newark, where the wreath laying takes place.
It was the first time since Covid that the flags had been placed. Also participating were American Legion Post #328 from Clark and #251 from Montclair, the West Fields and First Mountain Chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution, Gen Phil Kearny Camp #20 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and Garden State Chapter #438 of the National Sojourners.
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