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Volunteers needed to help remove Boston Common flags

BOSTON — After heavy rain fell across the area Monday afternoon and evening, the removal of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund flag garden on Boston Common was delayed until Tuesday.

Because of the delay, organizers asked the public for help in pulling 37,251 flags over their lunch hour Tuesday.

The flags were scheduled to be pulled from Boston Common around 6 p.m. Monday, but because of the heavy rain predicted, organizers opted to delay the removal until 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

As a result, additional volunteers are needed.

“Last Wednesday, a volunteer army of 600 volunteers spent three hours planting these flags – (Tuesday) we only need a fraction of that and we can do our work retiring the flag garden within an hour or so,” Diane Nealon, executive director of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, said.

Volunteers are asked to meet at the display on the Common next to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument near Charles and Beacon streets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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“If enough people help, we can do it in an hour but any amount of time the public can give would be amazing,” Nealon said. “We had 40 volunteers signed up to help tonight but we have to start from scratch for tomorrow since many of our folks can’t be there.”

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