Four generations continue family tradition of placing flags at Toledo cemetery for Memorial Day

TOLEDO, Ohio —

One local World War II veteran has been working to create a Memorial Day tradition — a tradition that doesn’t involve boating or grilling with the family, but rather spending it at the cemetery.

Richard Hens Sr., 97, served in the Philippines as an Army Air Corps veteran. He then came back to Toledo and started placing flags on gravesites at Calvary Cemetery in west Toledo…

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