Honoring service, sacrifice

The graves of veterans buried in the Boulder Cemetery received an added flourish this year for Memorial Day.

Volunteers with VFW Post 3648, American Legion Post 46, Jefferson High School National Honor Society students and others spent Friday morning putting out flags and  installing bronze flag holders on the more than 100 graves in the cemetery, with some dating  back to the Civil War era. 

VFW Post Commander Larrey Lattin spearheaded the effort as a way to add a more permanent method of placing flags on pertinent holidays such as Memorial Day.