Flags on display at Adams County VFW [Video]

More than 170 flags were placed at an Adams County VFW post on Monday as part of an ongoing fundraiser for Wreaths Across America.

“In 2019 we did a fundraiser in person. In 2020, when COVID hit and we could not do things in person, we had to come up with an idea on how we were going to raise the funds to purchase our wreaths for the veterans’ graves in December,” said Location Coordinator Melissa Kopp-Smith

That idea became Flags for Heroes, a fundraising program for people to sponsor flags for $50.

The money raised is used to buy wreaths for veterans in nearby cemeteries.

Anyone who sponsors a flag will receive a special pin, with a duplicate pin attached to the flag while it stands.

Kathe DeCarlo has been with the program since the beginning and sponsors nine flags.

“I went home and told my husband to get …