Community Corner
American Flags to Fly on Seventh Street Sept. 11
Garden City Boy Scouts continue patriotic tradition.
For the past 50 years Boy Scout troops of Garden City have displayed American flags on Seventh Street to commemorate national holidays and other significant occasions such as Martin Luther King's birthday, President's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day and Veteran's Day.
This year, scouts from Troop 56, sponsored by Garden City Community Church, have volunteered to also display the flags on Sept. 11, the ninth anniversary of the bombing of the World Trade Center.
The other troops in Garden City participating in the flagging of Seventh Street are Troop 55, sponsored by the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Troop 80, sponsored by American Legion William Bradford Turner Post 265, and Troop 243, sponsored by St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
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Flags are purchased and maintained by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, under a program overseen by Althea Robinson, executive director. The troops take turns to put up the flags early in the morning and take them down in the evening. (The flags are not displayed in inclement weather.) This coordinated effort is under the direction of American Legion William Bradford Turner Post 265.
This visual display of American patriotism and values serves as a symbol to inspire not only the scouts but all who see the American flags flying on Seventh Street.
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(Editor's Note: Frank Nedelka, past commander of the American Legion, submitted this information. He works with Althea Robinson, executive of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, on the American Flag Program for Seventh Street.)
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