Lincoln on Inauguration Day 2017

From America's heartland, a statue of Abraham Lincoln overlooks Galesburg, Illinois. Sworn into office today, the 45th president of the United States joined his predecessors in creating the latest chapter of the American experience.

Flag Day 2016 from Iowa

Happy Flag Day from a small cemetery in Lisbon, Iowa. Freedom on display.

Flag Day 2015 from Iowa

Happy Flag Day 2015 from two locations in 42N country's Iowa. This flag site is from St. John's cemetery in Lisbon, Iowa. The cemetery road is lined with many, many of these flags which are flown on special occasions.

These U.S. and POW flags are located at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. There is a giant U.S. flag, like you see at Perkins Restaurants, across the road from these flags but it doesn't have the POW component.

Iowa Honor Guard

An honor guard unit presents the flags of Iowa and the United States at an award presentation in Johnston, Iowa this weekend.

Lest We Forget Our Boys of 1861-1865

Many older local cemeteries in northern states are populated with this statue or a variation. Civil War era veterans are often buried close to their local version of this monument. Several of these statues were placed in cemeteries and dedicated in the 1920s or earlier. 

This particular soldier monument rests on a granite base and decorated with four GAR markers and tiny US flags at its corners.