But be that as it may this week is officially Patriot Week in Prescott Valley.
It started in 2012 when 1,200 flags flew on the green at the Civic Center grounds.
Since then it's been expanded and now some 3,000 flags are there for the victims of 9-11.
Each flagpole represents a victim and has a tag with the name and some information about him or her.
Those with boots represent a policeman or firefighter who died on September 11th, 2001.
The organizers call it the Healing Fields and the local firefighters and civilian volunteers who put up the flags are usually around to answer questions from the curious.
Tonight there will be a youth concert at the Green.
Wednesday evening the reknowned trumpeter Jesse McGuire will headline a concert at the same place.
The flags will stay in place through next Friday.
As you walk through the field of flags and read some of the cards attached to the poles the solemnity should reach you.
Give it a visit if you're in our area.
Very dignified.
ReplyDeleteWell deserved.
ReplyDeleteSteve
What a wonderful memorial to those lost souls.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for it always being Patriot week, except around Super Bowl.
ReplyDeleteI admire and agree with the general message, as I get it. I've never really understood or agreed with the idea of loyalty, love, whatever, to the country. It's a piece of cloth, made to look the the US flag. What's that mean, are we to worship it, make it an icon for 'patriotism'?
ReplyDeleteIt's a good homage to those fallen, I like that.
Mike
A moving display.
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