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Flag Man is looking for donations

Posted by Geeky Swedes on June 30th, 2008

Each “flag-appropriate” holiday, the man on the corner of 32nd and 57th decorates his yard. On Memorial Day, it was covered in red, white and blue:

But as “tinyviking” said in comments on the Memorial Day post, someone tried to vandalize the display and steal firefighter helmets. And according to our anonymous email tipster, the man’s flags always get stolen. Instead of quitting his tradition, he’s now asking the community for help donating patriotic items for this year’s 4th of July display. This sign is in his yard…

We can’t wait to see it!

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  • tinyviking
    Komo had a touching piece on him last night (July 2nd) on the 6:00 news.
  • Lindsarella
    I've got a flag blanket to donate! Maybe an indoor window hanging? yeah!
  • mom
    this display is so touching. when he did it after 9/11, it had people in cars stopping on the road.
  • BallardG
    I am going to get some flags too. I recently met the man who puts this all together and he is just a nice, down to earth, good man.
  • Joel
    You you GOT to be kidding! What kind of sleazeballs would steal a man's FLAGS?? Never ceases to amaze me....

    I'm stopping off at Fred Meyer and the way home from work today and getting a few for the guy.
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