VFW donates many flags
If you saw an American Flag in a public park, cemetery, or on a light pole downtown over Memorial Day Weekend, there’s a good chance it was donated by the Lake City VFW.
The cost of two flags and flag holders each for the 71 light poles downtown came to about $5,000, according to VFW Quartermaster Wally Banks.
The VFW donated downtown flags in the past, but the new light poles required new holders and flags of a different size.
For decades, VFW members would climb ladders and hang them as well. Now the city is taking that over.
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