U.S. Army Reserve specialist Jason Smith, right, and specialist Micayla Martin place flags at the graves of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park and Mausoleum Wednesday. Soldiers from the Butler Army Reserve will be placing flags at 2,208 grave sites. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

U.S. Army Reserve servicemen and women placed flags on the graves of veterans at the Butler County Memorial Park and Mausoleum Wednesday afternoon.

According to Paul Simms, cemetery manager, a team from the reserve places the flags every year.

“There’s a technique that occurs with them placing it at the head of the grave,” he said. “We leave them up until around Labor Day.”

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