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[An Epic Remembrance Flag Display ]
WAY TO REMEMBER OUR FALLEN HEROES AND HONOR THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY IS NOW ON FULL DISPLAY AT GRAND PRAIRIE'S EPIC CENTRAL PARK STAFF SERGEANT DENNIS HANSON, US ARMY, WHO WAS KILLED DECEMBER 7TH, 2009.HAVING PHOTOGRAPHS OF FALLEN HEROES WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, APPROPRIATELY NAMED AN EPIC REMEMBRANCE.
THE MAJESTIC DISPLAY INCLUDES MORE THAN 400 DONATED AMERICAN FLAGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND BEAUTIFULLY ALIGNED ALONG THE WATERFRONT WALKING TRAILS ON EPIC CENTRAL'S GRAND LAWN BY VOLUNTEERS ADORNING.
EACH ONE SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF A FAMILY OR FAMILY MEMBER, AND FEATURING A PICTURE AND DESCRIPTION OF FALLEN LOVED ONES.
TO DISTINGUISH, HONOR AND REMEMBER EACH OF THEM FOR MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FIRST RESPONDERS OR FRONTLINE WORKERS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE KILLED, UH, ON SPREADSHEETS.
AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP AND YOU'LL SEE NUMBERS IN BOXES ON A SPREADSHEET.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS IN AMERICAN FLAGS ALONG A WALKWAY WITH TRIBUTE CARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HEROES AND THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IT BECOMES PERSONAL.
EVERY MILITARY MEMBER FROM GRAND PRAIRIE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND EVERY GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE OFFICER LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY IS REMEMBERED HERE, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER FALLEN HEROES REPRESENTING FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER THE NATION.
MEMORIALIZED ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND THANKS TO THE ONE TRIBE FOUNDATION AND A PROGRAM THEY CALL WATCH.
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES WATCH.
AND UM, SO OUR GOAL IS TO BRING KIDS TOGETHER, TO BE WITH OTHER KIDS WHO'VE LOST A PARENT SERVING.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO THEM IS THAT WE DON'T FORGET THE SACRIFICE OF THEIR HERO AND THAT THEY'RE REMEMBERED.
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THIS IS TO REMEMBER THEIR SERVICE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND MAKE SURE THIS COUNTRY DOESN'T FORGET THAT.
AND EPIC REMEMBRANCE CONTINUES THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY, AND KERN SAYS FAMILIES CAN STILL REGISTER TO HAVE A TRIBUTE CARD PUT ON A FLAG THERE BY EITHER SCANNING THE ONSITE QR CODE OR VIA THEIR WEBSITE@ONETRIBEFOUNDATION.ORG.