QUINCY — A small group of flag-carrying volunteers walked two and half miles Sunday morning from the Central Fire Station at North Ninth and Vermont to the National Cemetery on Maine Street, just east of 36th Street.

“The main reason we’re here today is to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day,” said Kincaid, an Air Force veteran who spent his career at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. “The way we see it, it’s not about going out and having picnics and drinks with your friends.