Boy Scouts Lend A Hand To Honor Veterans

For 25 years now, hundreds of boys in uniform swarm Baltimore National Cemetery on Frederick Avenue in southwest Baltimore with one goal in mind - to honor the work and sacrifices of veterans.

One of the adults involved in the Memorial Day service program says that it is important for the boys to understand what veterans mean to the nation.

Gene Shaffer, a longtime Boy Scouts executive and veteran, helped to get the movement started.

He says that 25 years ago, the cemetery superintendent at that time called him for help, he put the word out and they had about 800 boys show up. The number of scouts helping has grown to about 1,200 today, he adds. 

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