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Every May over the course of a number of weekends ,several members of BHFD travel to numerous cemeteries throughout New York State to replace US flags at headstones of past BHFD members. This service is done every year to honor their prior years of service to BHFD.
BHFD members replaced flags at the following cemeteries-
Oakwood cemetery-Mount Kisco,
Woodlawn cemetery-Bronx,
All Souls cemetery-Pleasantville,
Gate of Heaven cemetery-Valhalla,
Sharon Garden cemetery-Valhalla,
Hillside cemetery-Peekskill,
Kensico cemetery-Valhalla,
Mt Pleasant cemetery-Pleasantville,
Carpenter cemetery-Amawalk,
King David cemetery-Putnam Valley,
Mahopac cemetery- Mahopac,
Mahopac Falls cemetery -Mahopac Falls,
Raymond Hill cemetery-Carmel,
Patterson Baptist cemetery-Towners,
Millertown cemetery-Brewster,
Union Valley cemetery-Mahopac,
St Joseph cemetery-Somers,
Ivandell cemetery-Somers
Lake Marie cemetery-Bedford Hills, Buxton cemetery-Bedford Hills and Union cemetery- Bedford.
Thank you to Rick Palmesi, Graves Committee Chairman for organizing this annual service to remember our past members.
Boy Scouts Troop 1 and Cub Scouts Pack 170 conducted the annual flag replacement ceremony on Sunday 5/7 to remember our military veterans and members of the Bedford Hills Fire Department.
To honor them we replaced flags at Buxton Cemetery, Union cemetery and Pound Ridge Cemetery.
The Scouts have been doing this for several years with military members from the American Legion and Bedford Veterans Committee.
Thank you Mike Palladino for representing the military. and the American Legion for your support.
When families visit their loved one’s graves on Memorial Day weekend they will be honored that a new US flag is standing over their loved one.
The military veterans whose flags we replaced served in all of our nation’s conflicts from the American Revolution to the present.
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