Orchard Prairie Memorial Day
Orchard Prairie students have a longstanding tradition where they clean up an old cemetery on the prairie for memorial day and plant flags for the dead
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Orchard Prairie students Abram Sutton, left, Ben Borders, Brooklynn Booth, Maddy Weeks and Abigail Wortmann gather around a grave Thursday as they work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in Orchard Prairie in observance of Memorial Day.
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A group of students from Orchard Prairie Elementary walk from their school carrying cleaning supplies as they head to the Orchard Prairie Cemetery to clean the grounds and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie teacher Cynda Weitz, center, gives her students instructions as the group prepares to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie students pass out American Flags and cleaning supplies before working to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie students roam Orchard Prairie Cemetery looking for the graves of veterans to place American Flags near in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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From left, Orchard Prairie students: Abram Sutton, Ben Borders, Broklynn Booth, Maddy Weeks, and Abigail Wortmann gather around a grave as they work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie students Liam Sheehan, left, Joh Lathrum, center, and Clementine Ford, right, study a headstone as they work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie student Maddy Weeks runs her hands over the headstone of WWII veteran Vernon Sprague as she and her classmates work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans Thursday in Orchard Prairie in observance of Memorial Day.
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Orchard Prairie student Joh Lathrum, lifts a headstone that was knocked over with the help of his classmates as they work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash. Lathrum’s great grandparents are burried in the cemetary.
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Orchard Prairie student Broklynn Booth reaches for a brush to help clean off a mossy headstone as she and her classmates work to clean up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie student Abigail Wortmann takes a moment to hydrate after spending an afternoon with her classmates cleaning up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and placing flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie students Aurora Cushman, left, Barron Mathis, center, and SophiaLynn Konchel-Muglia, right, clean a headstone in Orchard Prairie Cemetery and place flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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Orchard Prairie students SophiaLynn Konchel-Muglia, left, Aurora Cushman, center, and Barron Mathis, right, stop to pick up trash on the road as they walk back to their school from an afternoon of cleaning up Orchard Prairie Cemetery and placing flags next to the graves of veterans in observance of Memorial Day on Thursday, May. 22, 2025, in Orchard Prairie, Wash.
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