Cemetery tradition flies high on holiday Volunteers help Visalia mark Memorial Day with its Avenue of Flags salute.(SOUTH VALLEY BEE) From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: May 25, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Fresno Bee. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Tim BraggThe Bee

VISALIA -- Volunteers are preparing to continue a nearly 20-year tradition of honoring fallen veterans by flying their casket flags at Visalia's cemetery on Memorial Day.

The annual Avenue of Flags display is scheduled to go up at the Visalia District Cemetery early Monday. The cemetery's annual Memorial Day ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. that day.

Volunteers from seven local veterans organizations and members of ...

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