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Couple to help mark Memorial Day with roses

BELPRE — Joel and Barbara Whitaker will be giving away 200 roses on Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day weekend from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Unicorn Wine Guild, 1816 Washington Blvd. in the Belpre Shopping Center.

“We ask that these roses be placed on the graves of military veterans,” Barbara said.

On Memorial Day, the Whitakers will have any remaining roses available for free from noon to 5 p.m. at the Unicorn Wine Guild in Belpre.

In addition, another 250 roses will be placed on graves in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., from the Whitakers’ purchase of roses.

The Memorial Day Foundation imports roses from South America and sponsors such as the Whitakers purchase them. It’s too early for roses to bloom in the United States, Barbara noted.

The Whitakers are offering these roses free of charge to anyone who wants to honor a military veteran.

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