Volunteers Take Little Time To Plant 2,977 Flags At North Oconee High School In 9/11 Memorial Event

It took the roughly 100 people assembled for the 9/11 Memorial Event less than a half hour Sunday evening to plant the 2,977 small flags on the front lawn of North Oconee High School.

Each flag was to represent an individual who lost her or his life in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

Those who turned out for the event were a diverse group, representing the students at North Oconee High School and others from throughout the community, including local elected officials and those seeking office in the upcoming Nov. 7 special election.

Olga Kukharsky, who founded and leads the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the high school, began the meeting with a moment of silence for the victims of the attacks.

The group quickly took bundles of the small flags and placed them around the entrance sign for the High School on Rocky Branch Road at Hog Mountain Road in western Oconee County.

For details of the story, with a video from the event, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Commissioners Mark Saxon With Another Volunteer.