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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