ORANGE, Calif.—An Orange County man has become a local hero for “painting” his community red, white, and blue in preparation for Memorial Day.
Jorge Cortez, a resident of Orange, California, and Loyal Knight Officer of the Orange Elks Lodge—a fraternal order with nearly a million members since its establishment in 1868—has been supporting veteran service members by putting up U.S. flags in front of their homes when they don’t have the ability to do so.
In a Facebook group titled “Flags Over Orange/Villa Park/Tustin,” Cortez—who is known as JC—posts stories about the veterans and their families to whom he gifts the flags. He has also been known to keep in check with those he has helped in the past to see if they need a fresh flag and adjustments to the position of the old one….