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Photos: Memorial Day flags honor veterans buried in San Jose, Livermore

By Bay Area News Group The Tribune Content Agency
Daphne Eddy, 8, her mother, Rhiannon Eddy, and her brother, Grant, 13, place American flags on the gravestones of fallen soldiers for Memorial Day weekend at Memory Garden Cemetery in Livermore, Calif., Saturday, May 23, 2026. About 120 mother-and-son teams from the Livermore chapter of the Young Men’s Service League, in partnership with members of American Legion Post 47, took part in the annual event at Memory Garden Cemetery and St. Michael’s Cemetery. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Daphne Eddy, 8, her mother, Rhiannon Eddy, and her brother, Grant, 13, place American flags on the gravestones of fallen soldiers for Memorial Day weekend at Memory Garden Cemetery in Livermore, Calif., Saturday, May 23, 2026. About 120 mother-and-son teams from the Livermore chapter of the Young Men’s Service League, in partnership with members of American Legion Post 47, took part in the annual event at Memory Garden Cemetery and St. Michael’s Cemetery. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Ray Chavez TNS

Volunteers in San Jose and Livermore marked veterans' graves with American flags over the weekend ahead of Memorial Day, continuing a familiar tradition across Bay Area cemeteries. Scouts moved through Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose on Saturday, placing flags beside veterans' headstones. In Livermore, Young Men's Service League volunteers did the same at Memory Garden Cemetery and St. Michael's Cemetery. By Monday, rows of red, white, and blue stood in the grass beside names, dates, and military service etched in stone, honoring those remembered on Memorial Day.

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This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM.

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