Flag Day honors the United States flag.
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Yelm’s Flag Day dedication ceremony:

WHEN: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 11:00am
WHERE: Yelm City Park
WHAT: “Honoring our heroes!”
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Dedication of new bricks
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This story from Memorial Day about a Yelm military widow is poignant on this Flag Day:
“Green Beret’s widow grieves, worries; son bound for Aghanistan (sic)”

“For the family of Mark Coleman, grief over his combat death is mixed with fresh concerns about the front-line duty of his son, Brett, 21, an Army specialist in Anchorage who is scheduled to head for Afghanistan in December,” quoting Hal Bernton, Seattle Times staff reporter.
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