More than 700 flags planted at the grave sites of veterans laid to rest in Abbey View Memorial Park & Cemetery in Brier.
Abbey View Memorial Park & Cemetery includes a Veteran’s Family Section dedicated on Memorial Day in 1957, complete with a seven-inch siege howitzer cannon similar to ones used during the Spanish-American War in the late 19th century.
In addition to flags placed at veterans’ grave sites, some visitors have honored the resting places of family members and friends with their own efforts.
Abbey View Memorial Park & Cemetery was founded in 1953 and is the final resting place of more than 700 veterans, including some who served as long ago as World War I.
Dan White, right, director of the Abbey View grounds, learns of another veteran laid to rest in the cemetery from visitors to a grave site on Sunday.​
Abbey View Memorial Park & Cemetery has honored veterans laid to rest in the Brier cemetery by planting flags at each of their grave sites for the Memorial Day weekend.
Volunteers from the community began planting the more than 700 flags last Wednesday all around the 82-acre cemetery. “We walked the neighborhood, passing out flyers and looking for volunteers, and about ten to twelve families responded,” said Dan White, Manager of the Abbey View grounds.
This is the first time Abbey View has placed flags at each of the grave sites of veterans, White said. They hope to make it a twice-yearly tradition, with the flags on display for the Veterans’ Day holiday in November also.
Abbey View Memorial Park & Cemetery is located at 3601 Alaska Road in Brier.
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