LAKE COUNTY >> On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the flags of fallen veterans will fly on display at cemeteries throughout Lake County.
Lake County Veterans Memorial-Avenue of Flags Association, with the help of volunteers, will install the flagpoles and mount the large flags along the avenues of county cemeteries.
The flags once draped the casket of a fallen veteran. Upon the completion of the internment ceremony, the family is presented the flag. The family has the option of donating the use of the veteran”s 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 locations: • Hartley Cemetery — 2552 Hill Road E. in Lakeport
• Upper Lake Cemetery — 780 Clover Valley Road
• Kelseyville Cemetery — 3375 Bell Hill Road
• Lower Lake Cemetery — 9040 Lake St.
Installation of flagpoles and flags will begin at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Takedown of flags and flagpoles will occur at 4:00 p.m. Volunteers would be appreciated at all locations.
Further information is available from the following representatives: Byron Green at 275-9515, Upper Lake; Dave Schober at 533-5843, Lower Lake; Paul Harris at 279-1115, Kelseyville, and Dean Gotham at 350-1159, Lakeport.
