SMYRNA, Georgia — The Jonquil is in a celebratory mood for Independence Day.
A resident-led display of flags, located next to the Twentieth Century Veterans Memorial in downtown Smyrna, will remain in place until the end of July. Among those who turned out to plant the flags were scouts from Boy Scout Troop 220in Smyrna.
“A citizen-driven initiative to recognize those folks that have served in our armed forces, to protect this country,” Richard Garland, the city’s parks director, told the Marietta Daily Journal. “I just think there isn’t any better way for us to be able to say thank you to them than to be able to honor their service with something like this.”
