The cemetery knew Veteran's Day is this weekend, and most likely knew this group has been coming for 5 years and would return this year. This could have been handled with a lot more tact and respect than just turning them away. It may be the rules, but they could have informed them of it and just said next year it can't happen. The donations could have been spent on something else, or they could have arranged to have an employee place the flags in coordination with the group...