Post-9/11, flag serves as security blanket for a wounded nation

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press U.S. Army Korean War veteran Samuel E. Boynton makes a stitch on the National 9/11 flag guided by Veronica Christianson of the New York Says Thank You Foundation during an official stitching ceremony Tuesday at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.V. The National 9/11 flag is on...

MARTINSBURG, W. Va.—Brian Tolstyka stood at the edge of a giant American flag spread across several tables in the Veterans Affairs hospital gym. Wearing a leather vest with a flag patch and a hat with a flag pin, Tolstyka was about to stitch his place in history.

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Published: 07/03/2011