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​Welcome to the 
​​Flag Steward
Interactive American Flag
at  [ Insert Name of Location - example: JB's Command Post
relaying today's informative 'Reminders from Our Flag' and inspiring 'Patriot Tributes' specific to this U.S. Flag site
Photo credit: public domain image from NASA
[ Instructions: Click on the image above to REPLACE or EDIT this image with a picture of your U.S. flag or another favorite U.S. Flag flying.  Please, don't post any copyrighted material. ]
[ Please, do not alter / edit the link below that provides access to page visitors to the daily 'Reminders from Our Flag' ]
GO HERE for today's REMINDERS FROM OUR FLAG
(including daily Flag Status, Fallen Patriot alerts, Historical Reminders, & more)
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Fallen Patriot Commemoration
This U.S. Flag site and Flag Steward experience is dedicated to this inspirational Patriot:

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Chris M. Falkel of Highlands Ranch, CO
[ Your commemorated Fallen Patriot has been pre-assigned.  With the first Interactive American Flags, we're trying to honor each of nearly 7000 fallen military service members from the Global War on Terrorism (GWoT / post-911) at different American Flags across the country.  After these 7000 are individually honored by the first Interactive American Flags, we'll enable commemorations for other fallen war heroes, as well as, first responders.  So, please, don't replace this commemoration.  Instead, be a good steward / caretaker by taking time to research and learn more about this Fallen Patriot and the heart-broken family left behind.  
To get you started, we've listed example links to other tribute websites that help tell the whole inspiring story of Fallen Patriots.  So, replace, delete, or add links for your Fallen Patriot.
And, if have a personal Fallen Patriot you want to honor, just add another commemoration, or showcase him / her within your Patriot Honor Roll below. ]

CLICK HERE to review his tribute at the Military Time's Honor the Fallen site

GO HERE to see Michael Reagan's Fallen Heroes Project commemoration

CLICK  HERE to examine the Fallen Heroes Memorial for this fallen service member


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[ Instructions: Personalize this Patriot Honor Roll by adding and honoring the Patriots you look up to. And no, you're not limited to military and first responders ;)  There is one example Patriot Honor Roll member to fill-in below.  If you have more than 3 honorees you want to highlight on this page, we recommend you upgrade to an ADVANCED Flag Steward membership, which will give you 5 additional honoree subpages to better feature each honoree. ]

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This American Flag's
Patriot Honor Roll
The personal patriot(s) remembered by this Interactive American Flag include:

​U.S. Army (Retired) Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Sweeney Jr.
[ Instructions: Replace the information below with highlights about the Patriot, in your life, who has influenced you significantly.
The backyard tribute to LTC Sweeney, "Poppy's Memorial Flagpole" which is featured in many Flag Steward pics, inspired his son to start the Flag Steward Interactive American Flag program.]

Died December 2, 2008
Vietnam Veteran of Boston, Massachusetts, lived to 62.
20 year Army career (1967-1987) in Aviation and Corps of Engineers.
Awarded Silver Star, Bronze Star, and numerous Air Medals while serving as scout helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
Survived by wife, Ellen Sweeney, two children and three grandchildren.
We honor and thank U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Ed Sweeney Jr. for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.

​Ed Sweeney Jr. inspires us with his leadership - how he looked out for the welfare of his men:
Chief Warrant Officer Frank Glenn, a fellow Vietnam War scout helicopter pilot of Platoon Leader Ed Sweeney, repeated Captain Sweeney's directive to his 9 scout pilots, "Don't be a cowboy, don't take any unnecessary risks, no hot-dogging, and don't get your crew killed.  Your job is to return to base everyday."
... Multimedia Showcasing Honoree ...

[ Instructions: Add pics, audio, video to tell your honoree's story]
Ellen Finn (Sweeney) and Ed Sweeney at HS prom
Married August 5, 1967
Then, Captain Sweeney receiving Silver Star for his valorous actions as a Vietnam Scout Helicopter Pilot
Sweeney family with Snow puppy in 1978 while stationed at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany
Poppy with his grand kids just a few months before he died.
Lyndy Toole's fitting tribute poem about Poppy 
Video of Poppy's Military Honors burial ceremony - complete with gun salute and helicopter flyover


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