Community Corner

Newark Cub Scouts Plant Flags on Fallen Soldiers' Graves

Submitted by Theresa Grushkin, Webelos 1 Den Leader

For the last several years, our Cub Scout Pack 441 in Newark has gone to the Presidio National Cemetery in San Francisco for Memorial Day. The boys and families have planted roughly 26,000 flags on the graves of fallen soldiers. Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout packs and packs come from all over the Bay Area for this annual event. 

Check out photos from the Memorial Day event above.


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