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# Volunteers place flags after shutdown cancels ceremony
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/volunteers-place-flags-after-shutdown-cancels-ceremony/
- Published: 2025-11-13T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:48:05.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Community, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:69150c29e89107000159bd83:0

[ABC7 featured community volunteers](https://abc7.com/post/community-maintains-veterans-day-tradition-riverside-national-cemetery-despite-government-shutdown/18144035/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) who independently placed flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Veterans Day after the government shutdown canceled the annual Flag for Every Hero ceremony that typically covers 900 acres with nearly 250,000 flags.