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Monday, May 25, 2009
Under the watchful eye of "The American Doughboy," scores of volunteers places about 5,000 flags at the graves of veterans early Monday morning on Memorial Day at Evergreen-Washelli cemetery. The 14-foot, 3,500-pound sculpture by Alonzo Victor Lewis, is a World War I memorial unveiled in May of 1932. It had been placed in various locations before moving to the cemetery in 1998.
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