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Photo Gallery: Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony

A Cub Scout carries a stack of American flags while walking through the graves during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter A Cub Scout carries a stack of American flags while walking through the graves during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

By Staff photos by C.B. Schmelter May 26, 2019 1 min read

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Boy Scouts Memorial Day Ceremony

Pack 3266 Cub Scout Jonathan White, right, looks through a pair of binoculars that hang from Pack 3003 Cub Scout Cooper Barrett's neck before the start of the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Troop 80 Scouts Stephen Hamill, left, Mathis Young and Hunter Walton wait to present the colors during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Musical Director Paul Blazek leads the Choo Choo Chorus in the national anthem during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves.

U.S. Army veteran Bud Alley speaks during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves.

Volunteers make their way through the Chattanooga National Cemetery to begin placing flags during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves.

Eight-year-old Savannah Huff holds American flags while helping place them during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Huff's brother is in the Scouts. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves.

Troop 20 Scout Jackson Gallagher works on placing flags during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Troop 166 Scout Joey Hopper carries American flags during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves at the Chattanooga National Cemetery during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Saturday, May 25, 2019.