2014-06-14
The 30-by-50-foot Marion County Patriot American Flag now flies atop the 125-foot pole overlooking the Korean War Memorial in Fairmont. A dedication ceremony was held on Flag Day with local citizens and dignitaries in attendance.
“We’re very excited that we were finally able to get the flagpole here and raise this flag as a tribute to all of the people past and present who have served in our nation’s military,” said Beth Fuller, outgoing president of YCF, which manages an endowment fund that made the flag project possible.
“We were able to get this accomplished because of some recent donations of $10,000 from the West Virginia Fraternal Alliance and $5,000 from the Fairmont Rotary, with a $5,000 matching donation still to come,” she said.
