Bakersfield Rotary Club honors fallen soldiers with 1000 Flags event this Memorial Day

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The 11th annual Thousand Flags event, organized by the Bakersfield Rotary Club, is running this weekend through Memorial Day at the Park at River Walk.

“You walk through the flags and it’s almost overwhelming,” said 1000 Flags Event Director, Denise Haynes. The emotions that come to people, the smiles that come to people’s face, faces is, it’s remarkable.”

For 11 years, the Bakersfield Rotary Club place1000 American Flags that are flying throughout Memorial Day weekend honoring soldiers who paid the ultimate price…

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