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The Healing Fields
2008.08.14
105 flags-
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105 flags-
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Cinook Helicopter
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Cinook Helicopter
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dropping rose petals to honor those who gave their lives.
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dropping rose petals to honor those who gave their lives.
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one of the red petals
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one of the red petals
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Landing on the Healing Fields
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Landing on the Healing Fields
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The Patroit Guard Riders
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The Patroit Guard Riders
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One of the vest worn by them.
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One of the vest worn by them.
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Geese paying tribute also.
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Geese paying tribute also.
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There are 102 flags. 57 flags (with a list of 40 names an each flag) represent the men and women who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. The other flags represent WWII, Korea and the Vietnam wars, along with the men and women of the fire and police department
All Era Veterans Healing Fields will take place on August 14th-August 17th at The Davenport Memorial Park All Vets Memorial. The general public is invited to attend to pay tribute and honor those who have fallen in their behalf. All Donations received during this event will go to 'Honor Flight' to send WWII Veterans to Washington DC to visit their memorial.
The All Era Veterans Healing Fields committee, comprised of members from numerous veterans' organizations, is sponsoring this year's event, to be held at Davenport Memorial Park All Vets area, 14-17 August 2008. This event will run continuously (24hrs per day) until its conclusion on Sunday. The general public is invited to attend to pay tribute and honor those who have fallen in their behalf. All donations received during this event will go to 'Honor Flights' to send WWII veterans to Washington DC to visit their memorial.
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A good tribute to those who served. ... and some great shots here.... the mass of flags is really impressive.
I have goosebumps everywhere ~ this is such a touching post. Your photos are wonderful ~ thank you for sharing this. A much deserved tribute, for sure.
