Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 8068. Flags to decorate graves

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to provide flags on each Memorial Day with which to decorate the graves of all deceased service persons and the graves of all other deceased persons who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine during World War II or any organization officially connected therewith and whose separation from such service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, buried within the county. The flags to be used for said purposes shall be of one standard size and shall be purchased at the expense of the county from moneys in the county treasury.

Such flags shall be furnished to the various veterans' organizations in such numbers as they shall require for their respective communities.

The moneys expended by any such county, under the provisions of this section, shall be in addition to moneys appropriated by counties for Memorial Day purposes.

The authorities in charge of any cemetery are authorized to remove such flags, when the same become unsightly or weather-worn, at any time not less than ninety days after the flags have been placed on graves.