A Flag-in Day will take place at the Lancaster Cemetery, 205 E. Lemon St., Lancaster, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, and will continue on Sunday, May 1, if needed. The event will honor over 1,200 veterans buried in the Lancaster Cemetery. Volunteers are needed to help at the event.

Volunteers will place flags at each veterans grave, place over 500 new grave markers, and reposition older markers to meet cemetery standards for placement. Volunteers will be asked to take photographs of the stone, marker, and flag once placed and to share these digitally with the cemetery.

The purpose of this effort is to honor each U.S. veteran interred at the cementary, provide photographic records for families and for future repair projects, and to record exact lot mapping for future Flag-in Flag-out days. All participants will be asked to read and sign a release the day of the event.

Volunteers should consider bringing the following items to the event: a clipboard and pen or pencil, sturdy shoes, a camera with an SD card or a cell phone with a camera and Google or Amazon Prime access to share photos, snacks or a lunch and beverages, and a wagon or cart to move and carry markers.

For more information, contact Maurene Leary at 717-885-6312 or maurenec@comcast.net. The event is being hosted by Red Rose Blue Star Moms PA202; the Donegal-Witness Tree Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; and the George Ross Society, Children of the American Revolution.