FLAG PLACEMENT REQUESTS
On Saturday evening of Minnesota Remembers, our Flag Runner Volunteer Teams provide a virtual connection between the heroes laid to rest at Fort Snelling and the people who cannot personally visit the cemetery. The teams will venture out to locate the site from each request, place an American Flag, take a photo, and share the image on our website and Facebook feed so you can see and share the memorial of your loved one on Memorial Day.
It all began with a need.
It was May 2015, when Minnesotans learned it had been over three decades since American Flags were placed at Fort Snelling on Memorial Day. Learning that this tradition had been lost on everyone was a shock nobody could ignore. Step by step, a small group of patriotic Minnesotans had a plan to slowly grow the organization’s systems both operationally and logistically, to ensure a strong, sustainable structure to support the tradition year after year.
In 2018, four local Minnesota businesses stepped up to join Flags for Fort Snelling in partnership roles, blowing the doors of opportunity wide open: VantagePoint Marketing, Richfield-Bloomington Credit Union, KARE 11, and Mall of America. With leaders from each organization dedicating their time and effort to the Flags for Fort Snelling goals, Minnesota was able to place an American Flag at every headstone of Fort Snelling National Cemetery for the first time in over 35 years! It was an incredible sight to see the flowing sea of red, white, and blue- One we intend to see year after year as long as we have the drive to keep this tradition alive.
Join Flags for Fort Snelling to restores the annual tradition of remembrance in honor of our fallen. Every donation, every volunteer, every share makes a difference to our mission.
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