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A two-acre field covered by 5,000 American flags at a local church is now a moving sea of red, white and blue.
The “Field of Flags” has returned to the Rock Church to honor all of the nation’s veterans as part of a tradition that began five years ago.
It took about 90 minutes for nearly 200 volunteers to plant the flags last weekend for the patriotic display that will be open to public viewing until Dec. 1.
The field at 90 Newton Road was planted for the first time in 2011 to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as a tribute to the thousands of veterans who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but this year the church took a different approach. The tags that once carried the names of those fallen servicemen and women who died since 9/11 have been removed to create a field that honors all veterans past and present as an extension of the church’s Veterans Day service on Nov. 13.
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