Flags arrive at veterans cemetery in Boulder City — PHOTOS

Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

Henderson residents Kevin Morsey and his wife Kathy Morsey assist with the process of placing American flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

American flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

Two women visit the headstone of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

A young girl assists with the process of placing flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City, Nevada, Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

A woman places an American flag at the headstone of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

Volunteers assist with the process of placing American flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

Henderson resident Jim Payne assists with the process of placing American flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

Boulder City residents R.J. Cornwell, left, and Kimberly Vitto assists with the process of placing American flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

An American flag blows in the wind at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Boulder City on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

American flags are placed at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City on Saturday in preparation for Memorial Day.

Volunteers met in the morning to place flags on each gravesite.