Northfield Public Schools Raise New American Flags
On Friday, all six schools in the Northfield district raised new American flags.
Last month, Maj. Jeffrey S. Peterson flew over Afghanistan with six American flags.
On Friday, those flags were raised at each school in the Northfield district.
Peterson, of Northfield, has four children in the district and in September contacted district administrators to see if they were interested in receiving the flags, an honor dating back years.
The district was on board and Northfield's American Legion Post 84 and donated flags to be flown to Afghanistan.
On Veteran's Day, Peterson took the flags up in the air and flew over Afghanistan.
Northfield Patch captured the ceremony at Northfield Middle School where one of Peterson's sons, Alexander, attends.
Click hear to read a story from the Air Force about Peterson's effort.
Jeff Pesta
7:54 pm on Friday, December 10, 2010
Nice job Corey! We really appreciate the coverage of this event.
Corey Butler Jr.
8:13 pm on Friday, December 10, 2010
It was a pleasure to be there and I'm glad others get a chance to see such a wonderful event.