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A portion of the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag that tore off on it’s journey around the country is signed by tens of thousands of people, here being signed by locals before the flag was raised at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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An honor guard escorts the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag, carried by Lieutenant Dave Bosse from the Bartlett Fire Department and Detective Richard Bosh from the Bartlett Police Department before it was raised at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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An honor guard escorts the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag, carried by Lieutenant Dave Bosse from the Bartlett Fire Department and Detective Richard Bosh from the Bartlett Police Department before it was raised at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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Members of the Bartlett Fire and Police Departments raise the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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Members of the Bartlett Fire and Police Departments raise the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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Boys from the Bloomingdale Boy Scout Troop 401 watch as the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag was raised by members of the Bartlett Fire and Police Departments at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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The 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag against the moon at Bartlett’s Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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Lake in the Hills fireman Bill Pelinski records the raising of the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag by by members of the Bartlett Fire and Police Departments at the Bartlett Community on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

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Hundreds of locals turn out to watch as the 30 foot by 57 foot Patriot Flag was raised by members of the Bartlett Fire and Police Departments at the Bartlett Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Kevin D. Sherman~For Sun-Times Media)

Really awesome assignment, this flag was really something to see.

Peace
– KS

Today’s title is from the Jamia Simone Nash song “Raise it Up”