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Fewer Flags On Boston Common And A Virtual Flag Garden Mark A Different Kind Of Memorial Day06:44
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May 26, 2020

Paris Alston
Tiziana Dearing

One thousand flags, placed six feet apart, decorate the Boston Common on Memorial Day. (Courtesy of Mike Casey/CASEY Photography)

As part of our Paris in Boston series, Radio Boston's Paris Alston tells us about #HeroesFlagGarden, a virtual flag garden organized for Memorial Day in lieu of the tens of thousands of flags that normally decorate Boston Common during the holiday.

This segment aired on May 26, 2020.

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