Arriving for a ceremony at the Mount Union Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Organizer Eric Niemann speaks during Saturday’s ceremy with OSU Air Force ROTC cadets in the background. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Teresa Nielson, who serves on the Philomath City Council, places a flag on veterans’ graves. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Teresa Nielson, who serves on the Philomath City Council, and her grandson, Carter Fast, place flags on veterans’ graves Saturday at Mount Union Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Trumpeters play “Amazing Grace” (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Lt. David Barron, Portland firefighter and Summit farmer, salutes a Shipley family wreath during Saturday’s event. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
David Barron, a lieutenant with the Portland Fire and Rescue and a Summit-area farmer, places a wreath on the Shipley family gravesite at Mount Union Cemetery on Saturday morning. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
OSU Air Force ROTC cadets fold the flag while retiring the colors. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
OSU Air Force ROTC cadets at Mount Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
BCSO Mounted Posse (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
BCSO Mounted Posse (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
BCSO Mounted Posse (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
The riderless horse with boots placed backward in the stirrups represents Jimmy Appelgate, a posse member killed in 1955. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
BCSO Mounted Posse arrives at Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Eric Niemann speaks during the ceremony at Mount Union Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
More than 200 flags were placed on veterans’ graves at the Mount Union Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Ceremony at the Mt. Union Cemetery (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Janet Cornelius, board chair for the Mount Union Cemetery Association, carries a bucket of American flags that were among the 200-plus placed on veterans’ grave sites. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News) 
Just over 200 flags were placed on veterans’ graves at the Mt. Union Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
