Members of the Massachusetts National Guard joined the family and friends of fallen service members, Governor of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and leaders from the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and Home Base Program at the 14th annual Memorial Day Flag Garden ceremony at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common on May 25, 2023.
During the ceremony, the names of every service member who gave their life since 9/11 were read aloud by the family and friends of those lost. As names were being read, service members, and friends and family of the fallen, added a flag for each name. The ceremony concluded with the playing of taps once all flags were placed.
Since 2010, hundreds of volunteers have created the garden of flags on Boston Common for Memorial Day weekend. Each of the more than 37,000 flags planted every year at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument represents every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War.
Speakers at the ceremony included Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe, the Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, and Retired Brig. Gen. Jack Hammond, executive director of the Home Base Program. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Eaton)
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2023 09:15 |
| Photo ID: | 7992880 |
| VIRIN: | 230525-Z-JK986-1395 |
| Resolution: | 4211x6317 |
| Size: | 6.68 MB |
| Location: | BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, US |
| Web Views: | 5 |
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