Scout Eve Gordon of Woodbury and Montpelier Troop 1709 places flags on a grave at the Green Mount Cemetery for Memorial Day, 2026. Photo by John Lazenby.
MONTPELIER — Three different local Scouting America units placed new flags on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier on Monday, May 18, in preparation for Memorial Day. Scouting America is the newly adopted name for Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Participating were Cub Scout Pack 777, Boy Scouts of America Troop 709, and Scouts BSA troop 1709, working with the Montpelier Veterans Council. They placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones. All photos below are by John Lazenby.
Victor Gordon of Woodbury and Cub Scout Pack 777 places new flags on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier on Monday, May 18, in preparation for Memorial Day. Scouts working with the Montpelier Veterans Council placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones.Scout Gideon Kass of Montpelier’s Troop 709 places new flags on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier on Monday, May 18, in preparation for Memorial Day. Scouts working with the Montpelier Veterans Council placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones.Emmett Gordon of Montpelier’s Troop 709 places new flags on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier on May 18. Working with the Montpelier Veterans Council, scouts placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones.Dan Currier, left and his son, Isaac, of Montpelier Troop 709 place new flags May 18 on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery for Memorial Day, 2026. Photo by John Lazenby.Cub Scout Victor Gordon carries flags along one of Green Mount Cemtery’s roads.Victor Gordon of Woodbury and Cub Scout Pack 777 places new flags on veterans’ graves at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier on Monday, May 18, in preparation for Memorial Day. Scouts working with the Montpelier Veterans Council placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones.Scout Emmett Gordon placing flags. Photo by John Lazenby.Scout Isaac Currier places flags. Photo by John Lazenby.Scout Gideon Kass, en route to another part of the cemetery. Photo by John Lazenby.Scout Eve Gordon of Woodbury and Montpelier Troop 1709 has an armful of flags as scouts worked May 18 at Green Mount Cemetery on the annual job of replacing old flags with new for Memorial Day. Scouts working with the Montpelier Veterans Council placed 560 new flags and retired the old ones. Photo by John Lazenby.Scouts Isaac Currier and Victor Gordon get a ride to the next site. Photo by John Lazenby.Scout leader (and Montpelier cemetery commissioner) Jason Kass transports flags. Photo by John Lazenby.
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