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CA Boy Places Flags On Veterans Graves, Doesn’t Realize Who’s Watching Until It’s Too
Late
In Redding, California, a boy who has been placing American flags on the graves of veterans
since 2015 got quite the surprise this week. He didn’t realize who was watching his selfless
act until it was already too late to remain anonymous.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania will take time during Tuesday’s State of
the Union (SOTU) address to honor a California boy who has been placing miniature American
flags on the graves of soldiers since 2015, according to Breitbart.
Preston Sharp, a 12-year-old from Redding, California, started placing the flags on graves
to honor the service of American soldiers when he was ten, his family says. “I knew
I wanted to do something, because if it wasn’t for them fighting for us then we wouldn’t
be here,” Sharp told the media.
The patriotic 12-year-old was invited to sit in the gallery as first lady Melania Trump’s
guest at President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. White House
press secretary Sarah Sanders noted that inviting guests to attend the SOTU is an important
American tradition.
“Preston Sharp was visiting his veteran grandfather’s grave in 2015 when he noticed
that other local veterans were not being honored with American flags or flowers,” the White
House said in a statement. “Today, Preston has organized the placement of more than 40,000
American flags and red carnations on soldiers’ graves.”
Other invited presidential guests this year include a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who lost
both of his legs and his eyesight in Iraq in 2007, a fire prevention technician who
saved 62 people, including children, when a Southern California wildfire encircled their
camp in July, and four parents whose children were killed by gang members.
Still other guests include a police officer who adopted a child from opioid-addicted parents,
first-time homeowners, small-business owners who offered employees larger holiday businesses
due to Trump’s tax cuts, the founder of The Cajun Navy, a nonprofit group that engages
in rescue efforts, and an Army staff sergeant who aided a team member wounded in November
by an IED, saving his life.
“Some of these individual stories are heroic,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders
said. “Some are patriotic. Others are tragic,” she added. Preston Sharp’s story certainly
falls under the “patriotic” category.
Preston Sharp’s reverence for our troops stands in stark contrast to another California
resident, Gregory Salcido, who has made the news in recent weeks for his incendiary comments
about the Marines. We need more young Americans like Preston Sharp. His parents will undoubtedly
be full of pride this evening as he sits beside the First Lady of the United States as her
honored guest to take in President Trump’s first State of the Union address.
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