This is a story about honor and tradition, volunteerism and patriotism.
It’s about community, solemn remembrance and customs.
But it’s also about communication gaps and personal tensions and the pressures felt when volunteers are pushed to their limit with no sign of reinforcements to back them up.
This one is messy.
Some details are sketchy.
But it’s a story worth telling because the event at the heart of it all — the 50-plus-year-old “Avenue of the Flags” held in Santa Rosa every Memorial Day to honor local veterans — is worth saving.
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