New flags to fly for Civil War vets

February 9, 2011 | Posted by javal

About a year ago Barry L. Kauffman, 67, superintendent of the Alsace Cemetery at historic Alsace Lutheran Church and Grace (Alsace) UCC, Muhlenberg Township, was looking for Betsy Ross-design American flags to decorate the 25 graves of Revolutionary War soldiers.

It was Neil D. Scheidt, 71, of Exeter Township, an avid genealogist and member of Alsace Lutheran, which was founded in 1732, who helped him find some flags.

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