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America’s 250th birthday flag flies in Bismarck, continuing journey to all 50 states

March 20, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Veterans Robert Olzweski, Paul Sundquist, Scott Langemo and bugler Dale Hurt, members of the Bismarck AMVETS Post 9 Honor Guard, participate in the Flag Sojourn 250 ceremony at the Burleigh County Courthouse on March 19, 2026. The flag will be raised in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota…

Red River Raiders Raises Flags for Veterans’ Suicide Awareness

The flags will stay outside Sanford's Medical Center through June 8

June 24, 2018

FARGO, N.D. — Roughly 660 veterans commit suicide every month. As a way to raise awareness for all those men and women lost, the Red River Raiders of the Marine Corps League and their families placed flags outside of Sanford’s Medical Center. Members chose to place more than 600 flags outside of the hospital because they thought it’s where they…