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Photos: 2025 Memorial Day flag placement in Los Angeles

Boy Scout Troop 642 salutes for a troop group photo after helping plant flags at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Scout Troop 642 salutes for a troop group photo after helping plant flags at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday. About 3,500 Scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
By Myung J. ChunStaff Photographer 

Scouts, from Scouting of America’s Western Los Angeles County Council, joined community members Saturday in a huge Memorial Day effort to place flags on nearly 90,000 grave sites at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. About 3,500 Scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony. They were instructed to plant one flag per headstone, say the name on the headstone and salute.

Young scouts gather for the flag planting welcome ceremony.
Young scouts gather for the flag planting welcome ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday. About 3,500 Scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Vincent Torres of Boy Scout Troop 218 was among the 3,500 scouts who planted 90,000 flags.
Vincent Torres, 15, of Scout Troop 218 from Torrance was among the 3,500 scouts who planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday. They were instructed to plant one flag per headstone, say the name on the headstone and salute.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)

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Unused flags are returned to their storage box.

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WESTWOOD, CA - MAY 24: About 3,500 local boy scouts and girls scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, CA on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times).

1. WESTWOOD, CA - MAY 24: Unused flags are returned to their storage box. About 3,500 local scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, CA on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times). (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) 2. WESTWOOD, CA - MAY 24: About 3,500 local boy scouts and girls scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, CA on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times). (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)

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A man in American Revolution era costume, two men in blue uniforms sitting on horses and a man standing salute.
Jim Olds, left, of the Sons of the Revolution, and Larry Thornton, Todd LaVergne and August Simien Jr. of the New Buffalo Soldiers salute during the playing of taps following the Scouts’ welcome ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Noah Nguyen of St. Catherine's Academy in Anaheim salutes after planting a flag.
Noah Nguyen, 9, of St. Catherine’s Academy in Anaheim salutes after planting a flag at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Julian Holkenborg of Scout Troop 642 from Woodland Hills salutes after planting a flag.
Julian Holkenborg of Scout Troop 642 from Woodland Hills salutes after planting a flag at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood on Saturday.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)

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Myung J. Chun

Myung J. Chun has been a photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1999. He started as a still photographer and then moved to videography from 2007 to 2018. Chun won an Emmy in 2011 for his work on a multimedia project about innocent victims of gang violence. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Daily News, a position he started in 1988 while attending Cal State Northridge.

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