Graves of 234 veterans to be decorated with flags

The graves of 234 veterans of the Revolutionary War through World War I in Jonesboro Cemetery will be decorated with American flags during the weekend of Oct. 12-14.  

This is part of the Jonesboro bicentennial celebration during ColorFest weekend.

Volunteers from the Jonesboro Bicentennial Committee, Boy Scout Troop 44 and the PAST organization of Union County plan to place the flags on the graves on Thursday evening. The flags will remain on display through Sunday afternoon.

The flags are on loan from the American Legion in Anna and the Mound City National Cemetery.

There are two veterans of the Revolutionary War (1776-1783), five veterans of the War of 1812 (1812-1815), two veterans of the Black Hawk War (1832), 16 veterans of the Mexican War (1846-1848), 100 veterans of the Civil War (1861-1865), five veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898), and 104 veterans of World War I (1917-1918) buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.

Organizers of the honor noted that special recognition is given to these veterans because of the focus on Jonesboro’s 19th century pioneer heritage during the celebration of the town’s 200-year anniversary.  

World War I veterans are being particularly recognized, as this year is the centennial of the signing of the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918, which ended World War I.

The Gazette-Democrat

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