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Flags For Forgotten Soldiers
By Joey May Hiawatha World 5 hr
Flags For Forgotten Soldiers is an organization that was started by Howard Berry to bring awareness to the sobering fact that 660 veterans die by their own hand each month.
Berry formed the organization in memory of his son, SSG Joshua Berry, who was injured in the first shooting at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. He suffered constant anguish and anxiety from PTSD and ended up taking his life four years later.
A St. Joseph, Mo., area family - David and Lynn Brown - have taken up the effort and wanted to bring the flags to Hiawatha in honor of a family member who was a veteran and had taken their own life. They will bring 660 flags to cover roughly a 3,000 square foot area for 30 days - which matches the sobering statistics that 22 soldiers or veterans take their lives daily, or 660 monthly.
After approval from the City of Hiawatha, the Hiawatha Chamber and Visitors Bureau will be working with the organization to install the flags on the morning of Saturday, June 29, in the valley from the Aquatic Park to the Kiddie Corral. Volunteers are asked to come to the Skate Park area at 8 a.m. to help set out the 660 flags in a this area - just in time for the Hiawatha Independence Day celebration that next Wednesday evening.
Each flag represents a person who felt they had no other choice. The organization leaders want veterans to know that help is available - contact your local veteran representative.
The Flags For Forgotten Soldiers displays are moving memorials to these veterans and their families and are a visual representative of veterans. Many people in our community are affected by this tragedy. The display gives families an opportunity to talk about their loved ones.
"We also pray that this powerful visual might guide our hearts to work together to provide the care that these veterans need and deserve," Lynn Brown said. "Some wounds cannot be seen."
American Legion Homer White Post 66 is also a sponsor of this event, which will include local Scouts and 4-Hers as volunteers to help that morning of June 29. Come out to take part in helping with this meaningful event to pay tribute to these veterans who have taken their own lives. Bob Sines with Post 66 will have his antique Army Jeep on site for visitors to view during the flag installation.
The flags will stay up approximately 30 days for local residents and visitors to view. Help will be needed to remove the flags as well. When arriving on the morning of June 29, take the little road just right before the Fisher Center parking lot and turn right off Iowa Street toward the Skate Park, where parking is available. There will be a Swim Meet that morning at the Aquatic Park, so the Fisher Center parking lot will be full
https://dod.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0915_suicideprevention/
Top STORY
Flags For Forgotten Soldiers
By Joey May Hiawatha World 5 hr
Flags For Forgotten Soldiers is an organization that was started by Howard Berry to bring awareness to the sobering fact that 660 veterans die by their own hand each month.
Berry formed the organization in memory of his son, SSG Joshua Berry, who was injured in the first shooting at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. He suffered constant anguish and anxiety from PTSD and ended up taking his life four years later.
A St. Joseph, Mo., area family - David and Lynn Brown - have taken up the effort and wanted to bring the flags to Hiawatha in honor of a family member who was a veteran and had taken their own life. They will bring 660 flags to cover roughly a 3,000 square foot area for 30 days - which matches the sobering statistics that 22 soldiers or veterans take their lives daily, or 660 monthly.
After approval from the City of Hiawatha, the Hiawatha Chamber and Visitors Bureau will be working with the organization to install the flags on the morning of Saturday, June 29, in the valley from the Aquatic Park to the Kiddie Corral. Volunteers are asked to come to the Skate Park area at 8 a.m. to help set out the 660 flags in a this area - just in time for the Hiawatha Independence Day celebration that next Wednesday evening.
Each flag represents a person who felt they had no other choice. The organization leaders want veterans to know that help is available - contact your local veteran representative.
The Flags For Forgotten Soldiers displays are moving memorials to these veterans and their families and are a visual representative of veterans. Many people in our community are affected by this tragedy. The display gives families an opportunity to talk about their loved ones.
"We also pray that this powerful visual might guide our hearts to work together to provide the care that these veterans need and deserve," Lynn Brown said. "Some wounds cannot be seen."
American Legion Homer White Post 66 is also a sponsor of this event, which will include local Scouts and 4-Hers as volunteers to help that morning of June 29. Come out to take part in helping with this meaningful event to pay tribute to these veterans who have taken their own lives. Bob Sines with Post 66 will have his antique Army Jeep on site for visitors to view during the flag installation.
The flags will stay up approximately 30 days for local residents and visitors to view. Help will be needed to remove the flags as well. When arriving on the morning of June 29, take the little road just right before the Fisher Center parking lot and turn right off Iowa Street toward the Skate Park, where parking is available. There will be a Swim Meet that morning at the Aquatic Park, so the Fisher Center parking lot will be full
https://dod.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0915_suicideprevention/
