The Simpson family of Beaufort join together Friday, May 23, 2025, to mount flags on the gravesites at Beaufort National Cemetery during the annual Flags In event. This year's Flags Out event — removal of the gravesite flags — will be held beginning at 9 a.m., Tuesday, May 27. Asa Aarons Smith/The Island News

‘Flags In’ for Memorial Day

Tresa Hester of Beaufort National Cemetery helps Mia and Miya McDavid of Bluffton mount U.S. flags in front of monuments at the Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day on Friday, May 23, 2025, during the Flags In ceremony when flags were placed on all 24,000 gravesites by volunteers in advance of Memorial Day. Asa Aarons Smith/The Island News

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