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Your Turn: Scouts help out in Ledyard cemetery

May 24, 2022 5:30 pm • Last Updated: May 24, 2022 5:30 pm

Scouts Sophia Piatek, Xavier DeBrodt and Sam Aberle with Assistant Scoutmaster Preston Johnson at Avery Stoddard Cemetery in Ledyard on Saturday, May 14. The scouts of Troops 16 and 16G of Ledyard worked with the Ledyard Cemetery Commission to remove worn flags and place new ones by veterans’ grave markers.(Justin DeBrodt photo)

The scouts of Troops 16 and 16G of Ledyard worked with the Ledyard Cemetery Commission to remove worn flags and place new ones by veterans’ grave markers at the Avery Stoddard Cemetery in Ledyard on Saturday, May 14.

The photo shows scouts Sophia Piatek, Xavier DeBrodt and Sam Aberle with Assistant Scoutmaster Preston Johnson.

Justin DeBrodt

Ledyard

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