Honoring veterans both living and deceased was a small group of residents, setting out flags to surround the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a/k/a the War Memorial, on Main Street Friday, May 22, in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Among the efforts that the Newtown Woman’s Club GFWC makes on behalf of veterans during the year, member Millie Anderson said, “Our veterans do a lot for us.”

Gathering on the small lawn surrounding the monument at the intersection of Hannover Road and Main, the group set flags in the ground for the fifth year. Newtown’s VFW Post 308 has donated the flags for the past three years, said public issues representative Marion Thompson. The small, decorative flags stay out until Flag Day in June.

Working steadily on a breezy and bright Friday afternoon were members Betty Warner, Dave and Marion Thompson, Millie Anderson, Coke Cramer, Jan Happel, and Pat Bailey. Travelers passing through town on the holiday weekend can see those flags and monument — a reminder of what Memorial Day means: a federal holiday for remembering those people who died while serving in the Armed Forces.