MONTPELIER, Vt. — The three states of northern New England lowered the American flag a total of 10 times last year to commemorate the deaths of lawmakers, service members and others. An analysis by The Associated Press found that on nearly 90 percent of days last year, one or more states were flying the American […]
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Flags that line Livermore Falls bridge broken off
LIVERMORE FALLS — Twenty-five U.S. flags were snapped off their holders Tuesday morning on Memorial Bridge, and people are upset. Residents Pat and Wayne Knowlton put up 100 flags every year. Wayne made the friction holders for the flags. They get the flags from the American Legion. “We recycle,” Pat Knowlton said. A new flag […]
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Carthage cemetery headstones, U.S. flags vandalized
CARTHAGE — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism to several headstones that were overturned and U.S. flags that were ripped apart at Winter Hill Cemetery on Winter Hill Road, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Cpl. Christopher Chase received the report of vandalism Sunday. He believes the vandalism occurred between Saturday night and […]
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Gov. LePage and First Lady to honor veterans over Memorial Day weekend
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage will pay tribute to Maine’s veterans by joining hundreds of volunteers to place American flags on the gravestones of veterans over Memorial Day weekend. Nearly 15,000 American flags will be placed in Maine Veterans’ Memorial cemeteries in Augusta, Caribou and Springvale beginning at 9 […]
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Volunteers needed to place 15,000 flags on veterans graves in Augusta
AUGUSTA — People will gather Saturday, May 24, at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery to honor and remember the nearly 15,000 veterans buried in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery system by placing American flags on each grave. The cemetery is off Civic Center Drive in Augusta. The program will start at 9 a.m. with an […]
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Veterans displaying Old Glory at Jay War Memorial
JAY — Veterans holding flags have begun standing at the Jay War Memorial from 8 to 9 a.m. each Monday and will continue until Veterans Day. Community members, as well as Maine’s first lady, Ann LePage, and the Freeport Flag Ladies, have joined the group at times in the past. The tradition is in its sixth […]
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Volunteers, participants sought for Memorial Day observance
LIVERMORE FALLS — The area’s Memorial Day Parade Committee is looking for participants to take part in the parade on May 26 and volunteers to place flags on veterans’ graves. The parade theme is “Honor and Remember Operation Overlord 70th Anniversary of D-Day WWII,” according to committee member Don Simoneau. On June 6, 1944, D-Day […]