Crime & Safety
Flags From Mansfield Field Of Honor Stolen
Five flags from the annual tribute to those who have served have gone missing, an organizer for the display confirmed.
MANSFIELD, MA — Several flags have gone missing from the Field of Honor display at the Keach Memorial near the South Common.
Resident Jeri Rumsis, who helps organize the yearly display, says that someone took their police, firefighter, POW/MIA, Navy, and hero flags Saturday night.
"It's unimaginable to think that after all of the work that went into this field of honor that someone would even consider stealing the flags," Mansfield Fire wrote on Facebook.
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The Field of Honor is a display of hundreds of American Flags in honor of whose have served in the military. Money raised from the event goes towards scholarships and charities.
Whoever has the flags can return them to either fire station, no questions asked.
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