Remembering our past veterans

1st Sgt. Richard Wright explains to members of the New Madrid County Central High School JROTC program the proper way flags should be placed at the graves prior to Veterans Day.

JROTC member Brittany Stone pauses in the Mounds Cemetery before heading to the next veteran's grave.

JROTC member Drew Collier places a flag.

Some 50 members of the New Madrid County Central JROTC program placed flags at local cemeteries to honor veterans.

Several hundred flags were placed at the Mounds Cemetery, Fannie Powell Cemetery and Sand Hill Cemetery by members of the JROTC.

A JROTC member grabs another handful of flags to be placed.

1st Sgt. Wright explained to the JROTC members the flags were placed to honor those veterans who honored Americans with their service.