LAKE FOREST, Calif.—The city held a celebration for Flag Day on Tuesday, June 14 at Veterans Park beginning with a brief flag-raising at the newly installed flagpole.
Lake Forest Mayor Robert Pequeño introduced the ceremony saying the flagpole’s installation officially finishes the park.
“As a retired U.S. Marine, the American flag is very important to me … [it] is a symbol of our freedom,” Pequeño told the crowd. “I am proud to be the mayor of the year [the flag] gets put up.”
Boy Scout Troop 628 and Lake Forest Mayor Robert Pequeño present the American flag at a celebration for Flag Day at Veterans Park in Lake Forest, Calif., on June 14, 2022. (Julianne Foster/The Epoch Times)
Orange County Sheriff’s Department color guard presented a new folded U.S. flag to members of Boy Scout Troop 628. Two scouts respectfully unfolded and raised the flag for attendees to say the Pledge of Allegiance….