LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Community members are invited to express their respect for fallen veterans and experience the pride of the annual display of veterans' flags at next week's Avenue of the Flags.
On Veterans Day – Wednesday, Nov. 11 – the flags of fallen veterans will fly in display at cemeteries throughout Lake County.
Lake County Veterans Memorial-Avenue of Flags Association – with the help of local volunteers – will install the flagpoles and mount the large flags along the avenues of county cemeteries.
These flags once draped the caskets of fallen veterans. Upon the completion of the interment ceremony, the family is presented the flag. The family has the option of donating the use of the veterans’ burial flag to the Lake County Veterans Memorial-Avenue of Flags Association.
On Memorial Day and Veterans Day the flags are flown to commemorate the memory of veterans who defended our country.
Avenue of Flags will be presented at the following cemeteries: Hartley Cemetery in Lakeport, Upper Lake Cemetery, Kelseyville Cemetery, and Lower Lake Cemetery.
Installation of flagpoles and flags will begin at 7 a.m. Nov. 11, weather permitting. Takedown of flags and flagpoles will occur at 3 p.m. Volunteers would be appreciated at all locations.
Further information is available from the following representatives: Upper Lake, Byron Green, 707-275-9515; Lower Lake, Dave Schober, 707-533-5843; Kelseyville, Paul Harris, 707-279-1115; and Hartley Cemetery, Lakeport, Dean Gotham, 707-350-1159.