Peace Corps marker coming to Plainview on Sept. 22
Wed, 09/19/2018 - 1:17pm
A Plainview native and original Peace Corps member will unveil a marker and discuss his memoir at an event in Plainview on Sept. 22.
At age 19, Ken Flies was one of the first 3,000 volunteers (chosen out of 58,000 applicants) sent abroad after Congress passed the Peace Corps Act in 1961.
Flies was one of four original Peace Corps Members from the Plainview area. To celebrate the area’s contribution, a Peace Corps marker will be placed in Plainview that day.
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