To the Editor:

With Memorial Day recently past, it was heartwarming to seethe emphasisthat the faculty and staff of Southern Regional High School place on encouraging patriotism.

This year the front lawn of the school was again adorned from Thursday to Tuesday of Memorial Day weekend with flagsplaced by students in a huge endeavor. It was not just a few flags but 6,882 flags, each flag representing a soldier’s life lost in Afghanistan and Iraq.

June 15, 2016