In memoriam

Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and other youth from Kansas City, Kan., and other areas helped place flags on veterans’ gravemarkers on Saturday morning at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, near K-7 and K-5 in Leavenworth, Kan. Monday is Memorial Day, which is set aside to honor those who died in service to their country. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that more than 1 million U.S. men and women have died in military service since the Civil War. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and other youth from the Greater Kansas City area, including Kansas City, Kan., helped place flags on veterans’ gravemarkers on Saturday morning at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, near K-7 and K-5 in Leavenworth, Kan. Monday is Memorial Day, which is set aside to honor those who died in service to their country. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that more than 1 million U.S. men and women have died in military service since the Civil War. (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and other youth from Kansas City, Kan., and other areas helped place flags on veterans’ gravemarkers on Saturday morning at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, near K-7 and K-5 in Leavenworth, Kan. Monday is Memorial Day, which is set aside to honor those who died in service to their country. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that more than 1 million U.S. men and women have died in military service since the Civil War. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and other youth from the Greater Kansas City area, including Kansas City, Kan., helped place flags on veterans’ gravemarkers on Saturday morning at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, near K-7 and K-5 in Leavenworth, Kan. Monday is Memorial Day, which is set aside to honor those who died in service to their country. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that more than 1 million U.S. men and women have died in military service since the Civil War. (Photo by Steve Rupert)