Divers in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary marked July - TopicsExpress



          

Divers in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary marked July 4th by unfurling a huge American flag and attaching it to a historic shipwreck. The 30- by 40-foot flag, formerly flew at a Morris, Illinois, memorial park for 9/11 victims. But the flag was scheduled for retirement after being badly tattered by weather. Morris attorney Scott Belt conceived the idea of mending the flag, by reducing its original 60-foot width, and deploying it on the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a former Army troop transporter and Navy missile-tracking ship that was scuttled in 145 feet of water, about seven miles south of Key West in May 2009.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 19:38:46 +0000

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