Nonprofit places thousands of flags at Fort Logan National Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend

Sam Peña is a multimedia journalist at Denver7 KMGH in Denver, Colorado.

DENVER, Colo — On Memorial Day weekend, the nonprofit Flags for Fallen Vets planted 107,000 flags at Fort Logan National Cemetery .

Flags for Fallen Vets had more than 2,500 volunteers. Each of them said the names of veterans and thanked them for the service while planting the flags around the cemetery.Memorial Day flag planting tradition continues at Fort Logan Cemetery “It's always a really emotional experience and thinking about the sacrifices that everybody made," said Amber Schoenrock, Denver's coordinator for Flags for Fallen Vets.Schoenrock said the event helps keep the memory of each veteran alive.

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