Seasonal & Holidays
East Northport Boy Scouts Honor Gravestones Of U.S. Veterans
The troop placed flags next to the gravestones of U.S. veterans at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale.
Members of Boy Scouts of America Troop 5 in East Northport commemorated Memorial Day Weekend by placing flags next to the gravestones of U.S. veterans at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale.
The troop traveled to the cemetery early on the morning of Saturday, May 27, and did the flag placements, along with other Scout troops.
Troop 5 meets weekly at Trinity Regional School in East Northport. For more information, go here.
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Photo via Troop 5: (From left) Members of Troop 5, along with leaders and parents, placed flags next to the graves of veterans at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. (From left) Ginger Wood (parent), Troop 5 Scoutmaster Brian Autz (rear), Sean Schools, Michael Schools, Assistant Scoutmaster Dan Weisberg (rear), Kevin Krumenacker, Jonathan Weisberg, Ryan Starzee, Tim Giroux, John Wood, Ryan Wood, Reese Daniels and Andrew Becker.
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