A Special Delivery for Flag Day

was especially meaningful for Deputy Mayor Joe Tedeschi this year.

At Tuesday night's Borough Council meeting, Tedeschi revealed an American flag he received in the mail from Regimental Combat Team 8-Afghanistan of the Marines. The flag "was flown in the face of the enemy on Camp Delaram II in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan on May 12, 2011 in honor of Mayor Joe Tedeschi."

Tedeschi said he and American Legion Post 171 Commander Albee Palmieri earned the flags for their efforts on behalf of Fair Lawn's ; last December, they for the organization's fundraiser. He said one flag will de displayed in borough hall, and the other at the American Legion's River Road facility.

"I think it belongs to everyone in Fair Lawn," Tedeschi said of his flag. "We all have a piece in this. We’re all involved in this."