Four-year-old Luke Simpson places a U.S. flag before a monument at Beaufort National Cemetery 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. 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
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. 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
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
In advance of Memorial Day, U.S. flags adorn the gravesites Friday, May 23, 2025, at Beaufort National Cemetery, open daily to the public from dawn to dusk. It is one of the earliest U.S. national cemeteries, designated so by President Abraham Lincoln. 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
The Simpson family of Beaufort join together Friday, May 23, 2025, to place U.S. flags on the monuments at Beaufort National Cemetery during the Flags In ceremony when flags were placed on all 24,000 gravesites by volunteers in advance of Memorial Day. 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
