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Jackson Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Fallen Men and Women at Gravesites

Lukas Flippo

May 31, 2022

On Memorial Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9832 placed American flags at the headstones of American servicemen and servicewomen buried at the Autumn Grove and Garden Memorial Park cemeteries in Jackson, Miss.

A child in orange and camo kneels to place US Flags in front of veteran graves — Domenik McKenzie, 6, places an American flag on a headstone at Autumn Grove Cemetery on May 30, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A child walks through a graveyard with several US Flags — Chase Ragsdale, 7, holds American flags and looks out at Autumn Grove Cemetery to identify where to place them on Memorial Day 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A man in a Mississippi vet's hat salutes to the left — VFW Post #9832 Senior Vice Commander Jeffory McKenzie salutes the American flag while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance on Memorial Day 2022 at Autumn Grove Cemetery in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A hand straightens a US Flag in a pot of flowers on a grave — Larry Lee places a flag on a headstone at the Garden Memorial Park cemetery on Memorial Day 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo.

A man wearing a VFW 9832 vet hat smiles to the right — Chris Gray smiles before reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in honor of fallen military men and women on Memorial Day 2022, at Autumn Grove Cemetery in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A hand is wiping grass and soil away from a grave marker with Holy Bible embossed — Chase Ragsdale, 7, cleans a headstone on Memorial Day at the Garden Memorial Park cemetery in Jackson, Miss., on May 30, 2022. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A child leaps by the graveside road with US Flags in his hand — Chancellor Ragsdale, 7, jumps as he brings more flags to put out on headstones to honor deceased U.S. military members at the Garden Memorial Park cemetery in Jackson, Miss., on Memorial Day 2022. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A pile of faded US Flags and faux flowers — Old flags and flowers lie in a trashcan after they are replaced on Monday at the Garden Memorial Park cemetery in Jackson, Miss., on Memorial Day 2022, Photo by Lukas Flippo

A man holds his hand to his heart, with his black Mississippi vet hat resting on his hand — Larry Banks places his hand and hat over his chest during the Pledge of Allegiance recited on Memorial Day 2022 at Autumn Grove Cemetery in Jackson, Miss. Photo by Lukas Flippo

A group of people post in front of the Brooks W Stewart VFW Post 9832 — The Veterans of Foreign Affairs Post #9832 gathered on May 30, 2022, to place American flags on the graves of American servicemen and servicewomen buried at Autumn Grove and Garden Memorial Park cemeteries in Jackson, Miss., in honor of Memorial Day. Photo by Lukas Flippo

Lukas Flippo

Lukas Flippo is a multimedia intern for the Mississippi Free Press for the summer of 2022 and an undergraduate student at Yale University from rural Mississippi. Previously, he was a Photo Editor for the Yale Daily News, Pulliam Fellow at the Indianapolis Star and Visuals Intern at the Sun Herald.

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