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More than 100 volunteers create West Newton Avenue of Flags in preparation for Memorial Day

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From left, volunteers Connie Repovz, of South Huntingdon, Lorraine Harvey, of West Newton, Rich “Craze” Repovz, Bob Pozzuto, of Hempfield, and Betty Salvatore, right, of West Newton, work together raising a flag for the 28th annual West Newton Avenue of Flags in preparation for the Memorial Day holiday. Repovz is an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
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Jennifer Bittner, of West Newton, works unfurling a large flag with the help of her 4-year-old daughter Jenny Bittner, left, as the pair were volunteering with Cub Scout Pack 258 to help place flags for the 28th annual West Newton Avenue of Flags for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday on Saturday, May 14.
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James Bittner, 8, of West Newton, a member of Cub Scout Pack 258, helps his mom, and fellow Cub Scout member Casey Veychek, of Sewickley Township, right, raise a flagpole as volunteers prepared the West Newton Cemetery for the 28th annual West Newton Avenue of Flags for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday on Saturday, May 14.
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Volunteers Dusty Williams, right, and John Mark Hawley, both from Pittsburgh, help raise one of the 365 flags that were put up for the 28th annual West Newton Avenue of Flags on Saturday, May 14.
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Flags blow in the wind at West Newton Cemetery after volunteers installed 365 flags on Saturday, May 14 in preparation for Memorial Day.

Volunteers gathered Saturday to raise the West Newton Avenue of Flags at West Newton Cemetery for the Memorial Day holiday.

In its 28th year, the Avenue of Flags features 365 full-sized flags, each given by a family member in honor of one or more local veterans who have died. Members of the West Newton VFW Post No. 7812 and West Newton Moose No. 31, Yough High School football team, and Cub Scout Pack 258 were among of the groups that made up over 100 volunteers that helped put up flags in honor of local veterans.

Volunteers raised 10-foot flag poles, attached plaques and unfolded flags that line the roads of the cemetery at 210 Vernon Drive. The flags are on display until Saturday, June 4, when volunteers again will be needed to take them down.

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