Submitted by Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205.
Each year on Veterans Day, York High School’s Military History Club members and Jerry Christopherson, who serves District 205 as the York building manager, displays 101 American flags along the driveway leading to the school.
The flags commemorate former York students who have died in service to their country – ranging from World War II to the current “War on Terror.” Each flag is tagged with the serviceman’s name and military conflict.
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This year, the flags will be displayed beginning on Friday, Nov. 6 through Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Please take some time to visit the display, which honors fallen classmates.
The True Patriots Care Foundation supplies the flags as part of their Flags of Freedom events around the area. They will also be providing flags at District 205’s three middle schools on Veterans Day.
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