Nearly 3,000 flags placed in honor of Memorial Day

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. − "...we all know a veteran, we all love a veteran." In time for Memorial Day, West Lafayette cemetery reflected that statemen...

May 30, 2023
2:32 AM

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. − "...we all know a veteran, we all love a veteran." In time for Memorial Day, West Lafayette cemetery reflected that statement some 2,900 times over. Duke Energy, in partnership with Indiana Veterans Home, on Tuesday placed 2,900 flags at the veteran's home cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. Memorial Day, a federal holiday observed this year on May 29, is dedicated to honoring and mourning the  U.S. military  personnel who have died while serving in the  United States Armed Forces .

Margaret Christopherson