Bend Parade of Flags: Mtn. View HS Navy cadets, volunteers to install 275 flags downtown on Friday to mark Flag Day
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - To celebrate Flag Day on Friday, the Mountain View High School Navy Cadet Corps, under the leadership of Scott Buchanan, Major, USAF Retired and volunteers will install 275 flags in Bend beginning at 7:00 am, the Bend Heroes Foundation announced.
They will start at Bend Heroes Memorial in Brooks Park lining Veterans Memorial Bridge, Wall St., Bond St. and interconnecting streets with flags. They will finish at the Court House.
All flags were flown over our nation's Capitol and bear the names of veterans.
Flags will be removed at 4:00 pm.
President Biden's Flag Day proclamation will be displayed at the memorial:Â https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/06/07/a-proclamation-on-flag-day-and-national-flag-week-2024/
This event is free and the public is invited to help honor Old Glory. Meet at Bend Heroes Memorial in Brooks Park at 7:00 am or earlier.
Contact: Dick Tobiason, Chairman, Bend Heroes Foundation: 541 390 9932
