Four times every year --
Memorial Day, Flag Day,
Independence Day, and Veterans
Day -- the members of Santa Cruz
Elks Lodge #824, along with Boy
Scout Troops 674 and 618, and
many others gather to honor our
Veterans and troops by setting
up the Avenue of the Flags at the
Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery on
Ocean St. Ext. Each of these
flags was donated by the family
of a Veteran. As of November
2010 there are over 400 flags.We gather at 6:30a.m. to set up, and again at again at 3:30p.m. to take them down.
(If anyone knows the history of The Avenue of the Flags at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Santa Cruz, please contact me -- editor _at_ santacruzelks.org!)
(If anyone knows the history of The Avenue of the Flags at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Santa Cruz, please contact me -- editor _at_ santacruzelks.org!)
The slide show below contains some of the pictures from Veterans Day 2010. More will follow.
Slideshow