The American flags you see dotting the tombstones of fallen veterans are placed thanks to local organizations and people like you. The Door County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3088 will resume their tradition of placing flags on the graves of over 1,600 veterans on Thursday in time for Memorial Day. Post Quartermaster Bill Graf has been a part of this tradition for over a decade. He is thankful for community members who come out yearly to help honor so many's sacrifices.

If you want to help the post distribute flags this year, you can meet them at the Bayside Cemetery Chapel at 9 a.m. on Thursday. They will place flags on graves at Bayside and St. Joseph cemeteries before treating volunteers to pizza at their clubhouse on Delaware Street in Sturgeon Bay. Graf also invites those looking to retire their flags property to bring them to the clubhouse before Flag Day. Several military service organizations will host a flag retirement ceremony on that day at the Door County Farm for Veterans in Sturgeon Bay.