Arnold, CA…On many holiday weekends including Memorial Day & Fourth of July the Ebbetts Pass Veteran’s Memorial district makes sure the flag is flying in communities along the Ebbetts Pass Corridor to honor those who have served. It is also a reminder to all of us that freedom is never free. On most holidays the local Boy Scout Troops provide the labor to raise and lower the flags before and after the holiday weekends.

About EPVMD

“The Ebbetts Pass Veteran’s Memorial District covers Calaveras County from Alpine County down to right above Vallecito, and from the Stanislaus River on the south to a boundary line going toward Sheep Ranch. There are five board members, serving terms of four years at a time, with at least three of them required to be veterans and all of them required to live in the district and be registered to vote in the district. The board meets once a month at their hall in Murphys. They planned, designed and have installed many flag pole memorials at fire stations, parks, cemeteries and other locations throughout their district.

In addition they provide new flags for schools and provide individual flags for the graves of all veterans buried in Buena Vista Cemetery in Murphys. The board members also march in parades in Arnold and Murphys, carrying the flags of each branch of the service, to increase awareness of veterans.”