Flags fly in Columbus honoring prisoners of war and missing veterans
Columbus TelegramSep 22, 2018
The flags, erected by the local chapter of the
In
Every year, the
Originally, the plan was for
A few days ago, Jablonski and other club members decided that with Friday serving as POW/MIA Recognition Day that the time was perfect to show their respect in conjunction with making up the flag-flying day lost at the end of May.
"We are actually two days behind, we have two that we need to make up," Jablonski said. "We will use
Early Friday, club members broke into groups and tackled 11 flag routes throughout the city. In total, more than 400 flags were flown, 60 of which were displayed in the downtown area of
"When I was first in the club in (19)85 we started small and just did the downtown area, all we really had was
The tradition started at least 50 years ago by a founding chapter member who served in the Armed Forces, Jablonski said. He said that if feels good keeping the spectacle up and running every year and that community members seem to congregate around it.
Generally, he said, community members have a bit more notice so they know to look for the flags. But with decision being made a bit last minute this go-round, Jablonski said that there wasn't much time to spread the word, resulting in many people being a little bit unsure of why all the flags were flapping in the wind throughout the day.
Jablonski was happy to fill them in.
"Everybody kind of stops and asks what's going on. Even my daughter asked me this morning, she pulled up and asked, 'why are the flags out?'" he said.
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