This year there were 726 flags flying in the Winner Cemetery as part of the Avenue of Flags.
On Monday over 150 plus persons showed up at the cemetery to put up the flags. It did not take long for the workers to put up the flags.
“I am so thankful for the people who showed up to put up the flags,” said Bob Benson of the Avenue of Flags organization. “I am so proud to be from this community,” he added.
There are over 900 persons eligible to have a flag flown as part of the Avenue of Flags.