Veterans place flags in Reading cemetery ahead of Memorial Day

In preparation for Memorial Day, a group of Berks County veterans placed American flags on the graves of fellow servicemen and women Thursday at Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading.

Provided by the Berks County Office of Veterans Affairs, the flags were placed on 4,800 graves in the sprawling cemetery on Centre Avenue.

Known as "Flags In," the placing of the flags honors the sacrifices made by service members and their families in all the nation's wars.

Dr. Manan Trivedi, an Iraq war veteran and physician from Reading, spoke.

Trivedi is seeking the Democratic nomination in the 6th Congressional District in the May 18 primary. His opponent is Doug Pike, a former journalist from Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.