National Flag Week June 14-20

National Flag Week 2026 will be held Sun., June 14 - Sat., June 20, as local coordinators for Wreaths Across America (WAA) and volunteers want to utilize this week to honor the flag, as well as the men and women who have served this country. 
On Tues., June 16 from 10-11 a.m. the local WAA team and volunteers will begin the week by patriotically waving at various locations in multiple locations.
Community members are invited to join them in waving a flag at any of these locations between10 and 11 a.m. Location Coordinator, Linda Smith indicated that those wishing to join will find WAA volunteers in front of the following locations: Union City Baptist Temple and Scott’s Grill, or Martin locations which include Crank’d Garage (shop 2) and downtown Martin. Smith added, “Join us for the entire hour or for only a few minutes. If anyone who wishes to participate is unable to get to one of the designated sites, they should feel free to stand in their own front yard, and wave an America flag during the hour.” WAA will have flags at these locations for those who are present. It is possible that other locations will be added to the current list. 
Smith and members of the WAA team also plan to be at one of the Fulton Railroaders Baseball home games during the week. There, they will share information about WAA and conduct a Flag Folding Ceremony at an appropriate time. “Veterans present,” said Smith, “will be asked to assist with the ceremony.
Participants are encouraged to take videos and pictures of their participation in the flag week and share them with Wreaths Across America, their family, and their friends. This effort is meant to help REMEMBER our nation’s heroes, HONOR their sacrifices and TEACH the next generation that it is okay to wave a flag and be proud of your country while showing honor and respect for those who have helped protect our freedom. Locally, you are urged to send them to lin_lees@hotmail.com for use on the local WAA coordinators’ various media sites.
Smith is the location coordinator for eight cemeteries that make up TNECMT. Every Tuesday at 9 am ET WAA staff, volunteers, and supporters line Route 1 in Columbia Falls, Maine, with patriotic Americans waving the American Flag. This Tuesday tradition has been taking place every week since 2019 when the national nonprofit took over the event from the Freeport Flag Ladies who waved the American Flag each week for 18 years following 9/11. 
You can sponsor a wreath for $17 to support the local cemeteries associated with location TNECMT at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TNECMT. Each sponsorship goes toward a fresh balsam veteran’s wreath that will be placed on the headstone of an American hero as we endeavor to honor all veterans laid to rest on Sat., Dec. 19, 2026, as part of National Wreaths Across America Day. 
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. 
For more information or to sponsor a wreath please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TNECMT.