A California teenager spent Monday Flag Day decorating graves at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel.
Preston Sharp, 15, of Redding, California, started the Veterans Flags and Flowers project in 2015 after a Veterans Day visit to the grave of his grandfather, a Navy veteran. Upset at the sight of undecorated markers surrounding his grandfather s, Sharp set out to honor as many veterans as he could by placing flags and carnations on graves across the country.
Then 10, Sharp initially used the money he earned by doing chores around his house to buy supplies. That effort quickly grew into larger fundraising efforts and public speaking engagements, which helped raise awareness and money for the Veterans Flags and Flowers nonprofit organization he founded.