Each year our customers participate in the Memorial Day Flowers event, honoring the U.S. service men and women who are no longer with us by passing out roses. We are honored be involved in this important event every year and are appreciative of our customers who participate as well!
I chose to support My hometown Casa Grande. They hold an annual Memorial Day service at our local cemetery.
We handed out the flowers at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. Thank you for the opportunity!
This was my third year handing them out. Most of the recent internments are along the wall, so I stand at the walkway up to them and offer the roses and the handouts to people who are coming to the cemetery.
We set up at 9:00am Monday. The Marine Corp program started at 10:00 and lasted to 12:00pm.
People at first were hesitant mistaking us for selling the roses. The spokes person for the Marine Corp was very good at mentioning the roses were complementary very often. By the end of the program many more people came by to receive their roses. We were met with surprise and appreciation.
This cemetery services 4 rural south valley communities. They put on an extensive program dedicating new flags for servicemen who have passed each year. All roses were handed out to the very last one.