Scout Isaiah Griggs, left, Brownie Scout Nova Sewing, Tiger Cub Ke'Moni Benjamin and Eagle Scout Osahar Rikondja, far right, were among thousands of volunteers who placed flags on grave markers at Houston National Cemetery on Sunday, May 25, 2025, to commemorate Memorial Day. The boys are members of Scout Troop and Pack 242 chartered at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

Scout Troop Committee Member Anika Rikondja supervises scouts placing flags on grave markers at the Houston National Cemetery on Sunday, May 25, to commemorate Memorial Day.

Nova Sewing, a Brownie Scout, and Niles Sewing, a Tiger Cub, were among the 2,500 volunteers who placed flags on grave markers at Houston National Cemetery on Sunday, May 25, 2025, to commemorate Memorial Day.

Members of Boy Scout Troop and Pack 242 were among the 2,500 volunteers who placed flags on grave markers at Houston National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day.

Assistant Scout Master Osawke Rikondja, left, with his son Kamau (standing), a Webelos Scout, and Tiger Cub Niles Sewing, right, place flags on grave markers at the Houston National Cemetery. They are members of Boy Scout Troop and Pack 242 chartered at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

As the sun warmed the Sunday morning before Memorial Day, members of Boy Scout Troop and Pack 242 gathered at the N1 section of the Houston National Cemetery.

Most of them had prepared for the heat by filling their water bottles, as instructed. In my rush to get my children there on time, I missed the note that we needed also to bring tools — a screwdriver........

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