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Volunteers place more than 7,000 flags for vets in time for Memorial Day
Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center hosts the annual “Field of Flags” event at Veterans Park.
Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center hosted the annual “Field of Flags” event at Veterans Park, in Milwaukee, on Saturday. Volunteers placed 7,056 flags as a Memorial Day weekend tribute to U.S. Armed Forces service members who have died since September 11, 2001.”I went to Iraq because of what happened on that date, so many of us were deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere since then, and I know, these flags represent my brother and my sisters who never came home,” said Dan Buttery, Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center CEO. “If you look closely at the audience who is here, we have wounded veterans from those conflicts, we have Vietnam veterans, World War II veterans.”Organizers told WISN 12 the event was a way to look back and reflect on the sacrifices made by service members.”It’s great to see everyone coming together and healing, but also remember the families of the fallen, especially within the last 20 years, it’s still very real and very fresh,” Buttery said.”For me, it’s one of the more humbling days on the calendar, that we can take time to recognize those who made that ultimate sacrifice,” Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas said to WISN 12.Organizers are encouraging residents to visit the display this Memorial Day weekend and pay tribute to the fallen veterans.The “Field of Flags” will remain on display at Veterans Park through Monday.
MILWAUKEE —
Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center hosted the annual “Field of Flags” event at Veterans Park, in Milwaukee, on Saturday.
Volunteers placed 7,056 flags as a Memorial Day weekend tribute to U.S. Armed Forces service members who have died since September 11, 2001.
“I went to Iraq because of what happened on that date, so many of us were deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere since then, and I know, these flags represent my brother and my sisters who never came home,” said Dan Buttery, Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center CEO. “If you look closely at the audience who is here, we have wounded veterans from those conflicts, we have Vietnam veterans, World War II veterans.”
Organizers told WISN 12 the event was a way to look back and reflect on the sacrifices made by service members.
“It’s great to see everyone coming together and healing, but also remember the families of the fallen, especially within the last 20 years, it’s still very real and very fresh,” Buttery said.
“For me, it’s one of the more humbling days on the calendar, that we can take time to recognize those who made that ultimate sacrifice,” Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas said to WISN 12.
Organizers are encouraging residents to visit the display this Memorial Day weekend and pay tribute to the fallen veterans.
The “Field of Flags” will remain on display at Veterans Park through Monday.
