Placing of the Flags

The Monongahela Cemetery was opened in 1863, during the Civil War.  It is the central point for Memorial Day Services in the city each May.  It serves as the final resting place for more than 4,200 veterans.  With the aid of members from two church congregations, adults and children span the cemetery grounds, placing flags to honor every one of those veterans.  This tradition began by the Frank Downer American Legion Post # 302 in Monongahela more than 40 years ago.  For the past four years, parishioners from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Carroll Township have taken over the task.  Last year, the Uniontown congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined the effort.  "Rain or shine, they are here.  Last November, it was raining all day they were here retrieving the flags."

Memorial Day weekend activities 2017

With 2017 making the 100th anniversary of the U.S.'s entry into War World I, Mid-Mon Valley veterans killed in action in the first World War were remembered.

On May 28, in Finleyville, American Legion Post# 613, Post# 302 and the Mon Valley Honor Guard conducted services at the following: Stone Church Cemetery, St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Mingo Creek Cemetery, Finleyville Cemetery and Finleyville Community Center.