Avenue of Flags

12/07/2025

Beneath the peaceful surface of Pearl Harbor lies the silent grave of USS Utah (BB-31), a ship that went down not with thunderous glory, but with quiet, tragic dignity. On December 7, 1941, two torpedoes struck. Utah rolled over and sank. Fifty-eight souls were lost that morning, 58 American sailors who answered war with courage, only to find eternal rest beneath the waves. 🕊️🇺🇸⚓

That number, 58, is not just a statistic: it is 58 stories of bravery interrupted, 58 lives cut short, 58 families forever changed. Men who scrambled through flooding decks, tried to escape smoke and water, struggled to survive, many never made it out.

Utah’s wreck was never salvaged. She remains where she settled that day, a submerged monument, a grave at sea for the missing.
National Park Service

To the men of USS Utah, we remember you. We honor your sacrifice.
May the quiet depths guard your legacy forever, and may we never forget the cost of that December morning.

11/26/2025

11/20/2025

07/22/2025

The new flags are up! Thank you, Cuffy Lorentz for your generous donation.

05/23/2025

Avenue flags is canceled this year. Due to the high potential severe weather. Replacement cost for the flags alone is nearly $40,000. We can’t risk that.

05/23/2025

05/21/2025

The forecast isn’t looking promising!
For now the plan is to lay poles out Friday at 5.
Flags up Saturday 8:00am.
Fingers crossed, Mother Nature cooperates!

05/21/2025

Big thank you to the volunteers that showed up tonite! You were such a blessing! God bless you!

05/19/2025

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

This Is the week we prep the cemetery for the avanue of 🇺🇸
Here is the map of flag pole holes at the Fredonia cemetery. 98% of the holes have a 4” metal cover over them. Just leave the cover and weedeat 10 or 12” around the hole so it showed up real good. If you want a hard copy come by J&C Auto Body and I’ll get you a copy.

05/16/2025

It’s almost that time of year patriots! Avenue flags will be honoring our service men and women.

01/20/2025