Field of Flags

The Field of Flags is a display of honor and respect for the individual lives that have been lost in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, lives that have been given out of love and devotion to the country. Each flag displayed represents a person with a name, hometown, family, and friends. Each flag represents a person created by God and loved by God. Each flag represents a family in tears.

Setting up the

display on

June 22 - 23, 2007

In October 2005 "The Field of Flags" began at the Somers Congregational Church in Somers, Connecticut as they displayed 2,231 flags honoring Americans who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2005, that display has moved on to churches in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida.

A second set of flags was purchased in 2006 when Joseph Girard, a military veteran, personally paid for more than 3,000 flags to be planted on the lawn at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in North Grafton, and has been displayed at these churches in Massachusetts:

October 10 – November 10, 2006 - 3,089 flags displayed at St. Andrews Episcopal Church – North Grafton

May 20 – June 18, 2007 3,271 - flags displayed at the Unitarian Universalist Society – Westborough

June 23 – August 6, 2007 - 3,872 flags displayed at Oxford United Methodist Church – Oxford

August 11 - September 4, 2007 - 4,004 flags displayed at First United Methodist Church – Marlborough

September 10 - October 9, 2007 - 4,099 flags displayed at Hopedale Unitarian Parish - Hopedale

May 3 - 31, 2008 - flags displayed at the First Baptist Church of Holden - Holden

The flags will be displayed at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson

from June 2nd until July 4th, view their website here: www.ucmh.org

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The first set of flags have been displayed at these churches:

Somers Congregational Church, Somers, Connecticut - October 23, 2005, 2,231 flags

Providence Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia - December 21, 2005, 2,426 flags

Freedom Fest, Virginia Beach, Virginia - April 29, 2006, 2,655 flags

The Congregational Church of Somersville, Somersville, Connecticut - May 25, 2006, 2,754 flags

Westchester Congregational Church, Colchester, Connecticut - July 8, 2006, 2,857 flags

Outer Banks Presbyterian Church, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina - August 20, 2006, 2,934 flags

Harvest Assembly of God, Chesapeake, Virginia - November 4, 2006, 3,156 flags

Providence Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia - December 20, 2006, 3,287 flags

Conyngham United Methodist Church, Conyngham, Pennsylvania - March 24, 2007, 3,592 flags

The Congregational Church of Somersville, Somersville, Connecticut - May 24, 2007, 3,811 flags

St. Joseph Oblate Seminary, Pittston, Pennsylvania - July 12, 2007, 4,018 flags

St. Mark Lutheran Church, Elysburg, Pennsylvania - August 23, 2007, 4,129 flags

Gaylordsville United Methodist Church, New Milford, Connecticut - September 21, 2007, 4,224 flags

Union United Methodist Church, Bridgeville, Delaware - November 8, 2007, 4,310 flags

First United Church of Tampa, Tampa, Florida - January 5, 2008, 4,373 flags

Clearview United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg, Florida - February 11, 2008, 4,428 flags

Christ Congregational Church, Miami, Florida - March 10, 2008, 4,454 flags

First Congregational Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut - May 16, 2008, 4,576 flags

Easton Congregational Church, Easton, Connecticut - July 13, 2008

Congregational Church, New Fairfield, Connecticut - August 14, 2008

Clinton Congregational Church, Clinton, Connecticut - September, 2008

Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, Connecticut - October, 2008

The Congregational Church of Somersville, Somersville, Connecticut - November, 2008