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“To know it’s made a difference to someone, to know people understand that we respect and will never forget their loss and sacrifice is gratifying,” said Carlock. Paul Carlock is a one of hundreds of volunteers who.
They are part of a special 9-11 memorial. The event was supposed to take place Saturday, but due to impending rain it was pushed back a day. LOUIS (KTVI) Close to 7,000 American Flags will be placed on Art Hill in Forest Park next week. In all, they’ll total nearly 11 miles of flag rows and encompass 10 acres. “When you think that every one of these people, that we’re doing this for, lost their life fighting for their country, they’re all very special heroes.”Įarly Sunday morning, hundreds of volunteers will help upload the more than 21 tons of American flags off of trucks and begin assembling them across Art Hill. “Thinking about him today I still get very emotional,” said Walker. One of those volunteers is Herb Walker, who lost his grandson, Army Specialist Matthew Walker, in 2014. This week, volunteers are finishing up pairing dog tags with photos, carefully ensuring each matches and no spelling errors are found. Louis Art Hill to pay tribute to the members of the United. “It does take your breath away and especially when you walk up to one individual flag and you look at a picture of a beautiful man or woman and you read about them and look at their dog tag, you look around and realize there are 7,054 more of those,” said Randall. New May 2022 Learn why hundreds of Flags of Valor volunteers placed more than 7600 flags on St. Flag teams at the top of Art Hill will help families and friends find specific heroes, based on the year of their death. In addition to the flags, each will be adorned with dog tags and the picture of a servicemember killed in wartime. “Because when these Gold Star families come in, say from the east coast, they want to see that one particular flag and want, and deserve for it to look right.” At its creation, they dedicated Flags of Valor to being American made, empowering. Founded by two veteran special operations pilots, FOV specializes in hand built wooden products that showcase American values. “We want every single one to look perfect,” said Paul Carlock, a volunteer who has been helping out with Flags of Valor since 2011. Since its start in 2015, Flags of Valor grew from a two person garage operation to a nationally heralded veteran manufacturing company. Guarantee Electrical Company, in South City, provides an air-conditioned warehouse to store the flags, as well as the space for volunteers to get together to assemble them.
Each sale supports Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Louis, where volunteers work to attach them to 10-inch poles. Flags of Valor is veteran-owned, veteran operated, and combat veteran made. The 3′ x 5′ flags are made in Ohio and shipped to St. For months, hundreds of volunteers, including some Gold Star Families, have planned the event, which is set to run September 4 through September 12.
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