SEMPER FI RIDERS
Mobile, Alabama
Flag Day 2009
The photos in this video were taken
during the Flag Day ceremonies at
Pine Crest Cemetery. The P.L.
Wilson Detachment, Semper Fi
Riders and Patriot Guard were on
hand to escort and present flags. At
the beginning of the ceremonies,
local Boy Scouts presented the new
flag that would be flown. The
Commandant of the P.L. Wilson
Detachment, Cal Walters, spoke and
introduced John Tyson, Sr. Mr. Tyson
spoke both eloquently and poignantly
about the preservation of honoring
our nation's flag. Mr. Tyson reiterated
what the Commandant said about
the history of the flag. At the close of
the ceremony was the destroying of
the flag that had previously flown over
the cemetery grounds.