County Executive Odell and Sheriff Langely celebrate Flag Day with St James’ students

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CARMEL, NY – Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell, Sheriff Robert Langely Jr. and Director of Veterans Services, Karl Rohde, honored Flag Day on Tuesday, June 14 by hosting a small ceremony at the Row of Honor in Carmel with students from St. James School.

“It is great to be out here along the shores of Lake Gleneida with the students of St. James School, which truly represent our future,” said County Executive Odell. “We teach our children to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance, but on Flag Day we take a moment and focus on what the flag itself stands for. It stands for unity, freedom, democracy and the hope for a better tomorrow.”

In the VFW ritual we say at memorial ceremonies:  “lets us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor”. Said Director of Veterans services, Karl Rohde, When I see our dear old flag this quote comes to mind as I remember my comrades who gave their lives so that we may be free.  Always stand and honor our dear old flag.

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

 

**Pictured John Duncan, Art Hanley, County Executive MaryEllen Odell, Sheriff Robert Langley, Karl Rohde.