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Video: Elementary School Students Learn About Flag Day

June 14, 2019
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Local public elementary school students visited the Pentagon to learn about Flag Day, what it means to serve in the military and ask service members about their everyday life.

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A soldier folds an American flag.
A military brass band plays for an audience of kids.
A woman speaks to children in an auditorium.
A large group of children poses in an auditorium.
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Video by Air Force Staff Sgt. Anastasia Tompkins, DOD

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