The two Rotary clubs in town are spearheading a community effort to honor fallen servicemen in Afghanistan since 9/11.
A new community endeavor will adorn Fountain Park on Memorial Day as thousands of small flags will be placed in the ground to honor fallen troops.
Specifically, “Flags for the Fallen” will entail the placement of 50 full-size U.S. state flags near the Veterans Memorial.
In addition, behind those state flags will be more than 2,300 small U.S. flags representing each of the fallen service men and women of Operation Enduring Freedom, which is the ongoing war in Afghanistan.
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'Flags for Fallen' on Memorial Day
The two Rotary clubs in town are spearheading a community effort to honor fallen servicemen in Afghanistan since 9/11.
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A new community endeavor will adorn Fountain Park on Memorial Day as thousands of small flags will be placed in the ground to honor fallen troops.
Specifically, “Flags for the Fallen” will entail the placement of 50 full-size U.S. state flags near the Veterans Memorial.
In addition, behind those state flags will be more than 2,300 small U.S. flags representing each of the fallen service men and women of Operation Enduring Freedom, which is the ongoing war in Afghanistan.
The flags will be posted east of the Veterans Memorial early on Monday morning and will be present for the 9 a.m. Memorial Day service.
Service member names and military information will be printed alongside their fallen fellow service members names on an A-frame sign placed besides their respective state flags.
Each U.S. flag will be placed in rows behind the flag of the state in which the fallen military member was born.
There also will be a side memorial to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
The flags will be removed Monday at sunset after “Taps” is played in sequence by various trumpet or bugle players around the park.
The Four Peaks Rotary and Fountain Hills Rotary clubs partnered with scouting and veterans groups along with other organizations for this Memorial Day project.
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