May 27, 2016· by Herb Ryan· in Custer, Custer Free Press Custer May 27, 2016 – A group of volunteers attended Friday’s 5:00 pm Graves Decoration at the Custer City Cemetery. The volunteers who placed American flags on veterans graves included, Custer Boy Scout Troop 25, Cub Scout Pack 25, Harney Peak DAR Chapter, Veterans of Vietnam National Motorcycle Club and members of American Legion Post #46 Custer, SD. [Article, photos, and captions used by permission of Custer Free Press and Custer County Chronicle]

 

 

A World War ll veterans grave is decorated with an American flag Friday May 27, 2016 at the Custer City Cemetery. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

Custer Boy Scout Troop member Sam Nelson and Custer resident Ed Fisher decorate a veterans grave with an American flag Friday May 27, 2016 at the Custer City Cemetery. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

A World War 1 veterans grave is decorated with an American flag Friday May 27, 2016 at the Custer City Cemetery. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

Cathy Brickey from Hill City decorates a veterans grave with an American flag Friday May 27, 2016 at the Custer City Cemetery. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

A veterans grave is decorated with an American flag Friday May 27, 2016 at the Custer City Cemetery. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

Custer Post #46 Service Officer Glen Talley and Veterans of Vietnam National Motorcycle Club Paul Michael. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

Solitary grave of a frontier cavalry trooper

 

HONORING THOSE WHO ARE GONE — From left, Enoch Eyrich, 9, Jake Dillon and Lliam Dillon, 9, were among those who gathered at Custer Cemetery last Friday evening to decorate the graves of those who served in the U.S. military. The American Legion-sponsored event sees Legion members, Custer VFW members, Harney Peak Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter, Veterans of Vietnam National Motorcycle Club and local Cub and Boy Scouts work together to decorate veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. [CCC Photo/JASON FERGUSON]

 

MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE — Custer County veteran Jim Brickey salutes the grave of a serviceman after placing a flag on it last Friday at Custer Cemetery. Brickey was one of several Custer American Legion and VFW members who volunteered to place flags on veterans’ graves at the cemetery. [CCC Photo/JASON FERGUSON]

 

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