Members of Fallon Elks Lodge 2239 and Boy Scouts Troop 1776 stand in front of flags displayed during last week’s Flag Day ceremony.
Front row from left: Steve Endacott, Jack Fecht, Dylan Clark, Gavin Sellstorm, Benjamin Hallquist, Jack Willey, Nancy Balash and Sarena Whisenhunt.
Back row: Ed McFeaters, Ron LaValley, Aidan Clark, Austin Thibodaux, Johnny Schoenmeier, Zandar Sheldon-Davis, Leo Arcoraci, Jim Alexander and Gary Butori.
Sara Dowling | NNG
Fallon Elks Lodge #2239 commemorated the 140th birthday of the “Stars and Stripes” June 14 at the city hall’s courtyard.
The Elks conduct the ceremony annually “to honor our country’s flag, to celebrate the anniversary of its birth and to recall the achievements attained beneath its folds.”
Elks Lecturing Knight Sarena Whisenhunt, Loyal Knight Nancy Balash, Leading Knight Gary Butori Per, Lead Knight Ron LaValley and Esquire Jim Alexander presented a retelling of significant moments in the American flag’s history. Chaplain Ed McFeaters gave the invocation.
Representations of the flag at each point in history were carried in and posted by members of Boy Scouts Troop 1776.
Attendees were provided with small American Flag pins and participated in a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.