Symbols of Sacrifice

One Flag

For one person

A military person

Who lost their life in Iraq or Afghanistan

since 9/11

The flags now number almost 7,000

And filled the parade ground

of our historic fort

Fort Scott National Historic Site

 We called it The Field of Honor

It was a week long memorial

to those who fought and who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country

On 9/11 

our Governor, Sam Brownback, spoke to the crowd

And was the keynote speaker of the 9/11 program.

I'm proud to say that Husband Jim was also on the program

and gave a wonderful speech!

At the end of Main Street in our little town

is our Fort

For the Fort came before the town --

the town grew from the Fort

And for this special week,

at the end of Main Street

was a huge flag!

The Field of Honor was hallowed ground

for that week

And one morning at sunrise

The flags glowed!

It was the first year for the event.

The organizers have decided that it will be an annual one.

It truly was a moving experience!

It is Wednesday and I'm joining Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday