Volunteers place flags for Memorial Day at Riverside National Cemetery – San Bernardino Sun

Hundreds of volunteers place 250,000 flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, for the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Flowers rest next to headstones at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as volunteers place 250,000 flags for the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A volunteer places flags Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Riverside National Cemetery ahead of the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Guest speaker Jake Slechta shares his story of military service with volunteers Saturday, May 28, 2022, before they place flags at graves in Riverside National Cemetery for Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Families spend time at gravesites Saturday, May 28, 2022, after volunteers place flags at Riverside National Cemetery ahead of the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Volunteers take a break to look at flags placed Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Riverside National Cemetery for Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Redlands resident Caitlin Duncan pays respects to childhood friend, Army Ranger Nicolas C. Carter, as she and other volunteers place flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, ahead of the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

After hundreds of volunteers placed flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, some spent time at gravesites. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Volunteers place 250,000 flags Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Riverside National Cemetery for the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

To prepare for Memorial Day, volunteers placed 250,000 flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Volunteers put flags by each gravesite at Riverside National Cemetery in preparation for the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

U.S. Navy veteran Eugene Pierson salutes during the national anthem Saturday, May 28, 2022, before volunteers begin placing flags at graves in Riverside National Cemetery for Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Kim Lovett, the widow of Sgt. Shawn Lovett, sings the national anthem before volunteers place flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, ahead of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Hundreds of volunteers place 250,000 flags at Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022, for the Monday, May 30, 2022, Memorial Day ceremony. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Wendy Nguyen, left, and Ranee Sahachartsiri replace damaged and misplaced flags Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Riverside National Cemetery to help prepare for the Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Redlands resident Caitlin Duncan pays respects to her childhood friend, Army Ranger Nicolas C. Carter, on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as she and hundreds of volunteers place 250,000 flags at Riverside National Cemetery. The Monday, May 30, 2022, observance of Memorial Day will be the cemetery’s first since 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)