During July, over the week of Independence Day, the Veterans and Athletes United Dog Tag Flag Memorial was hosted at Patriot Park! Hundreds of visitors from around the country stopped in to see the 28 foot wide by 6 foot tall American flag which symbolizes the shape of the flag when draped on a fallen service members casket. It is formed of over 7000 dog tags of all those who have fallen in the War on Terror. There are 50 gold stars honoring all gold star families nationwide. Displayed in front of the flag is a battlefield cross sculpted from mahogany wood by veteran artist Alicia Dietz.
Tags are in alphabetical order ranging from 11SEPT 2001 to 31 Dec 2017; thereafter the tags are in chronological order of the date Killed in Action (KIA). Sadly, as the war continues, we will continue
to fill in the blank tags at the
end of the flag.
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