CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Fallen veterans were remembered at Greenwood Cemetery, and many other cemeteries in Clarksville, on Memorial Day weekend as Scouts and Girl Scouts placed American flags on the graves of those who have given their all in service to the country.

After a brief ceremony with the playing of taps, and the U.S. flag being lowered to half-staff, at the Veterans Memorial at Greenwood Cemetery, more than 100 scouts from the Cogioba District, supported by family and friends, placed hundreds of flags on veteran’s gravesites at the cemetery on Saturday, May 29.

More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)
More than 100 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA were joined by volunteers as the scouts placed American flags on the gravesites of fallen veterans at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day on Saturday, May 29 2021. (Lee Erwin)

The event was hosted by American Legion Post 7 in Clarksville who purchase the American flags each year for Memorial Day.

The commander of Post 7, Charles Clark, said a past commander told him the American Legion began placing flags on veteran’s gravesites in 1948, and 1954 was when the Scouts began their involvement with placing the flags.