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.”

Not every cemetery honors their military in this way, Simms said.

“People say it looks fantastic. You see a field of red, white and blue when you approach the property,” he said. “Especially when the wind is blowing, it’s a blanketed sea of red, white and blue.”

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

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Benitshca Martinez, left, Sgt. Barbara Werblinger and Specialist Kori McCullum 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 Sgt. Cassandra Carrara, 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