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PHOTOS: Scouts Place Flags at Veterans' Graves

Local children honor veterans who died in observance of Memorial Day.

American flags were placed in the ground at the graves of veterans who have passed away in seven cemeteries throughout Kinnelon, Butler and Bloomingdale this week.

The Butler VFW American Legion Post 154 has been inviting local Scout troops to help place the flags for more than 20 years Elmer Bott, a member, said Wednesday. Bott said this year, over 1,000 flags were placed in the cemeteries, with 300 flags placed at the cemetery at in and more than 600 flags placed at Mount Calvary in Butler.

On Wednesday, Troop 86 and Pack 86 placed flags at the Mount Rest Cemetery, in

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