A sea of red, white and blue decorated Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Colleyville on Saturday. Local scouts with Scouting America placed U.S. flags one by one on thousands of graves where veterans are laid to rest.
Kara Jakubik, a 17-year-old Life Scout with Scouting America and an Ambassador with Girl Scouts, spent the morning with other volunteers walking through rows of headstones searching for symbols, such as military branch emblems. Volunteering ahead of Memorial Day is significant to Jakubik, who has several family members that have served in the military.
“All the people here deserve to be recognized,” Jakubik said. “It’s great to come out and read their headstones and see which branch they served in.”
Kara Jakubik, 17, with Scouting America, searches for veterans’ graves at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home & Memorial Park ahead of Memorial Day on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Colleyville, Texas.
Kara Jakubik, 17, with Scouting America, marks a grave with a U.S. flag at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home & Memorial Park ahead of Memorial Day on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Colleyville.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home and Memorial Park will host its 50th Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 25.
The ceremony will honor those who have served in each branch of the U.S. military with a 21-gun salute, bagpipers, the laying of wreaths and live orchestral music. Local first responders, the VFW and American Legion will also be in attendance.
“We have the liberties that we have today because of the people we’re honoring for Memorial Day,” said William Ciociola, general manager of Bluebonnet Hills. “Without their sacrifices, we wouldn’t be able to do things like this.”
Charles and Leo Devine, 8 and 11 years old, with Scouting America, check graves for symbols indicating military service at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home & Memorial Park on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Colleyville. The scouts were part of a group volunteering to put out flags ahead of a Memorial Day service taking place at the cemetery on Monday.
U.S. flag mark the graves of veterans buried at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home & Memorial Park on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Colleyville.