Boston's Field of Flags

[John Hartwell]

Each year, just before Memorial Day, the long slope leading up to the Soldiers, and Sailors' Monument on Boston Common becomes a veritable Field of Flags.

Starting on Wednesday afternoon, over 200 volunteers 'planted' some 37,000 miniature flags on America's oldest public park: one for each Massachusetts man and woman killed during America's wars, starting with the Revolution.

A special section contained 134 flags, for those lost since 9/11.
All flags were removed by 6 o'clock Monday afternoon, and safely packed away until next year.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Goodness. It's awful not to have known of this. Thank you- and what better place than Boston?

Should the soldier, or army nurse or drummer boy or ambulance driver or any casualty represented by flags fill those spots instead- how staggering.

 

[EJ Zander]

Thats pretty cool