Flag Placement 2025 - Individual / Family & Friend Group Registration, 25 May | Event in Minneapolis | AllEvents

Flag Placement 2025 - Individual / Family & Friend Group Registration

Flags for Fort Snelling

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Sun, 25 May, 2025 at 06:00 am

11 hours

Fort Snelling National Cemetery

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Date & Location

Sun, 25 May, 2025 at 06:00 am to 05:00 pm (GMT-05:00)

Fort Snelling National Cemetery

7601 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States

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About the event

Flag Placement 2025 - Individual / Family & Friend Group Registration
Flag Placement Volunteers are the ones responsible for placing the 180,000+ flags required to cover the cemetery during Memorial weekend.

About this Event


2024 Shifts - You Pick Which Works Best For You!
  • Shift #1 - 6am-8am
  • Shift #2 - 9am-11am
  • Shift #3 - 12pm-2pm
  • Shift #4 - 3pm-5pm

Things to Keep In Mind BEFORE You Register
  • Each registered volunteer is responsible for 75-120 flags, which will weigh up to 15 pounds. Please make sure you are physically able to lift upwards of 15lbs for an extended period!
  • Children 12 and under cannot be counted towards the total number of people you register for. This is because we only account for those who are able to independently commit to the 75-120 flags. For example, if you're registering for yourself, husband, daughter (14) and son (10) you would only register for 3 people.
  • Flag Placement will happen rain or shine, dress for the weather!
  • We highly recommend bringing a screwdriver to help create an initial pilot hole at each headstone, this helps especially when the ground is dry.
  • We encourage you to wear gloves. Many volunteers in the past have gotten blisters from placing so many flags!


*Disclaimer - This event is subject to change or cancellation due to the Department of Veterans Affairs' guidelines.




Cemetery Rules
  1. No running in the cemetery.
  2. No leaning on, sitting on, or resting body or limbs on headstones or monuments.
  3. Do not pick up any flowers or flags (unless the flag has fallen to the ground).
  4. Do not touch any of the coins that were placed on top of the headstones or around the headstone.
  5. No advertising of any kind while on the cemetery grounds.
  6. Do not disrupt visitors at graves. You may ask to place the flag for them. However, if they deny the request, kindly give them a flag so that they can place it themselves.
  7. No littering, please ensure that you are picking up after yourselves.

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Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States

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Flag Placement 2025 - Individual / Family & Friend Group Registration, 25 May | Event in Minneapolis | AllEvents
Flag Placement 2025 - Individual / Family & Friend Group Registration
Sun, 25 May, 2025 at 06:00 am