20,000 Flags On The Common

Published May 28, 2010

Twenty-thousand flags memorialize fallen service members on Boston Common. (Massachusetts Attorney General's Office)

Twenty-thousand flags memorialize fallen service members on Boston Common. (Massachusetts Attorney General's Office)

My colleague David Boeri says he wish he’d had his camera to capture an arresting display of 20,000 American flags on Boston Common, in the shadow of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. It’s a must-see.