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"Hundreds of volunteers spent Saturday decorating thousands of graves at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery for Memorial Day.It's an annual tradition to honor and remember Maine's fallen heroes.\"It's a simple flag in the grave, but it means a lot,\" Boy Scout Devon Handley said.A flag was placed on every one of the 15,000 graves of the veterans.Click here to see photos from the ceremony.\"These flags represent a person -- a person who put on a uniform and stood up for freedom. They just did it because it was the right thing to do,\" American Legion representative Don Simoneau said.Simoneau knows the feeling of pride, and on days like Saturday, he watches volunteers young and old. The Army veteran and former American Legion state commander felt it more than ever.\"Maine has always had a long history of dedication to the military and service to our country, and seeing the young generations and old generations working together, it's just remarkable,\" Simoneau said.Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Morin shared a similar feeling.\"It's quite an honor to be here and to be a part of something much bigger than us, so we are real proud to be here,\" Morin said.Despite a little rain and wind, volunteers said it's what Memorial Day is all about.\"We all know that our troops would fight for us rain or shine, so we want to be here to honor them rain or shine,\" Handley said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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