Flags of Honor ceremony is Sunday
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LOCK HAVEN -- This is the 10th annual Flags of Honor event over Memorial Day weekend, and the community support has been tremendous! In recognition of Memorial Day and the patriotic spirit of our community, a public ceremony will be held Sunday at 12 p.m. among the 158 flags in Triangle Park.
The flag sponsors are especially invited to the program, but of course, anyone and everyone is very welcome. Be sure to bring a lawn chair.
Members of the Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven will welcome you and distribute official booklets listing the sponsors and the names of those honored with a flag.
Vocalist Kimberly Vance will open the ceremony at 12 p.m. with the National Anthem. Rotary Area Governor Diahann Claghorn will emcee.
A Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard will provide the color guard.
Rotary District Governor Herb Smith will travel from West Virginia to give the address.
James L. Franklin, Jr. will conclude the ceremony with Taps.
Flags of Honor is a project of the Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven, with help from three Angel Partners this year -- Nestlerode Contracting Co., Schlesinger Communications and SWC Realty.
Redmond's Complete Comfort is once again the Gold Medal Sponsor for sponsoring a total of 28 flags.
This year's event has 37 corporate sponsors -- a record number! They are: Anchor Realty, Avery Dennison Performance Polymers, Beiters Furniture Mattress Appliance, Century 21 1st Choice Realty, Croda, Inc., Curt's Smokin' Ribs, David S. Rockey, DMD, Davis Insurance Agency, Davis Real Estate, Inc., Diversified Asset Planners, Donald G. Walker Funeral Home, Eagle Ridge Care, The Express, First National Bank, First Quality, Fox's Market House Restaurant, Glick Fire Equipment, Haffley Insurance, Inc., Hall & Lindsey Law Offices, Jersey Shore State Bank, Lea Ann S. Plessinger, CPA, LLC, Millbrook Plaza, Murray Motors, R&B Insurance Services, LLC, Redmond's Complete Comfort, LLC, Reese's Print Shop, Roberts Miceli, LLP, Second Cup Restaurant, Signs and Designs of Mill Hall, Starway Roof Systems, Susquehanna Transit Co., SWC Realty, Syensqo, Up the Crick -- Wine & Antiques, Woodlands Bank, Workman Masonry, and WQBR, Bear Country Radio.
Proceeds from Flags of Honor benefit scholarships and local non-profits.