Longboat Key plants American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor 9/11 victims
Friday marks 19 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
By
Mark Bergin
| 2:13 p.m. September 10, 2020
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The town of Longboat Key has placed 2,977 American flags spanning the length of Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Friday marks 19 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the U.S.
"The idea was to develop a low-key, solemn, yet powerful, memorial by placing a single,
small, American flag in the right-of-ways of the Town for each person who lost their life
on a day that has forever changed our great Country,” the town wrote in a news release.
The flags are spaced 20-30 feet apart and are placed along Bay Isles Road as well.
The town of Longboat Key and Chamber of Commerce began the tradition in 2002.
“This annual, passive display has been the Town’s only official commemoration of this important event in our country’s history over the past ten years,” the release states.
Town staff will remove the flags on Saturday.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Each year, the town of Longboat Key plants 2,977 American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Bryan Wisnom and Jeremy Cruz Rodriguez. Courtesy photo.
Bryan Wisnom and Jeremy Cruz Rodriguez. Courtesy photo.
Charlie Mopps sits in the cart while Frank Scrivani plants flags. Courtesy photo.
Tony Porter and Joe Brunory plant flags along GMD. Courtesy photo.
Joe Brunory, Hunter (deputy fire chief Sandi Drake's dog) and Tony Porter along the flag-planting route. Courtesy photo.
