Fairhaven Veterans Memorial Flag Raised
The final piece fell into place or should I say rose into place today. Considering at 5am it was snowing and I was thinking "you got to be kidding me", it all came together! And incredibly beautiful weather to boot. The Flag raising and dedication ceremony for the Fairhaven Veterans Memorial Flag Pole was a wonderful event with a great turn out of Fairhaven Merchants, Veterans, neighbors and other community folks.
The program included the Old Fairhaven Association President, Amy Nicol of Peoples Bank-Fairhaven Branch and our major donars; Ram Construction & Ebenal General. We also had the Veterans, who put up the original Flag pole on hand to crank the Flag up the 100 foot pole along with other Vets as it was quite the task. Bellingham's Mayor, Dan Pike was on hand to say a few words as well as help with keeping the Flag off the ground as the wind picked up. It was quite spectacular and I wish you all could of been there to see & feel the excitement as the Flag rustle in the wind as it took it's steady journey to the top. To stand beneath it listening to it rustle as it flows through the wind and feel the meaning behind the Fairhaven Veterans Memorial Flag Pole and Memorial Wall is a powerful feeling.
A year in the making. And two years, four months after the sad day that the wood flag pole fell.
That is a huge pole and flag - how nice that the community came together!
Very nice addition to your community. You need to be proud. Hope it gets the attention it deserves.
Tony