the50flagsalute.com
THANK YOU for your service and sacrifices
To honor our American Veterans.
Hello Veteran's and Military Supporters:
Back in 2013 after reading about my families WWll hero Thomas Wigle and going to a 4th of July parade up north, I felt "compelled" to come up with something where the American Veterans could be honored in a new city in a very special way each year.
I got to work on just that, So I came up with "the 50 Flag Salute" one flag for each state of the union. Now I needed our nation's symbol to be incorporated in this event as well. I came up with a lager than life 14 foot wide Bald Eagle sign holding a shield, arrows and small ribbons each with a branch of our military and pow/mia, wia/kia as well as our beloved K9 units..
Now of course all this was going to cost well over nine hundred dollars and time was running out to have it done by 4th of July 2014. Now I needed to find a way to raise the money fast. So I got to work getting the word out there of my goal to my friends and neighbors because of them I got to people that gave me what I needed to put this together.
I had designed everything from the plan for the 50 poles and pole toppers, The design and workings for the Eagle, to the way to display the flags by the people watching the parade.
I had only a few weekends to get it complete in time. I ordered the flags and the hand held flags, painting the poles making each topper by hand, drilling the holes for the eye hooks. Then there was the task of cutting out all the eagle parts plus the one large banner and all the small ribbons plus painting said parts for the Eagle sign.
The night before I chalked out numbers on the street of the parade route 1-25 on each side of the street, so the next day I knew where each flag would be.
On the morning of, the flags were ready and the people were on the street. I asked people standing by each number if they would hold a flag, they all said with a heart felt Yes.
When the parade started and the color guard came around the bend you should of seen their faces . Priceless, this is why I do this to honor them all.
Thank you to all our American Veterans, Service Personnel and First Responders for your service and sacrifice.
This event is to honor you, our heroes of the Untied States of America Military.
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Please Support Our Cause
With your support you will enable us to meet our goals and continue to bring our event to cities around Michigan every year.
Your generous donation will fund our mission to honor our Veterans and Military Personnel every year with a one of a kind event to say "THANK YOU" for their service and sacrifice.
We do this with 50 flags, hundreds of stick flags and our 14ft wide Bald Eagle sign.
Over the years we have added flags for different events, Memorial day Flags, Veteran's Day Flags, K9 flags, WIA/KIA Flags and many more to fill the needs of the events we go to.
Our cost of these flags range from $18.00 to $50.00 ea. stick flags are about $20.00 per hundred, website, gas, transportation. Plus we repaint the poles to keep them looking fresh and sharp. So please donate $10.00 today.
About Us
Michigan Cities we have been to since 2014
2014 Lake George Mi.
2015 Ypsilanti, Mi.
2016 Chelsea Mi.
2016 American Legion-
{9-11 event to honor Charles Kettles}
2017 Northville Mi.
2018 St. Clair Shores Mi./Encore Chelsea.
2019 Dundee Mi./ Encore St. Clair Shores
2020 and 2021 Covid lock down
2022 Royal Oak Mi.
2023 ?