Photos: Volunteers plant miniature American flags at Salisbury City Park
Published 12:10 am Thursday, November 11, 2021
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Ronnie Smith, a one man flag-planting crew, places American flags next to veterans monuments in Salisbury City Park.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Rowan County Veterans Services Director Justan Mounts, left, and Walter Lee Swann, right, line up American flags in Salisbury City Park in preparation for Veterans Day.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Hercules Shannon, right, and Troy Horton, left, give directions Wednesday as volunteers place flags in Salisbury City Park.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - volunteers on Wednesday helped plant flags in lines in Salisbury City Park. The flags were placed in the shape of a V in preparation for Veterans Day.
Visitors to Salisbury City Park today will be greeted by a large V comprised of a sea of miniature American flags.
Hercules Shannon was the leader of the volunteer group, trying to position the flags perfectly to form the V. The meaning of the letter can be up to visitors’ interpretation. Ronnie Smith, one of the volunteers, said it stood for victory, veteran or valor.
Earlier this year, a sea of flags formed a cross in the same spot on Memorial Day.
