Flags For Heroes

The Rotary Club of Wilmington's 2024
Flags for Heroes on the Wilmington Riverfront
September 21st - November 12th


American flags will fly to honor all definitions of heroes in our lives. Contributions go towards our Community Service Foundation so we may continue to honor their service through our own


$25 to honor one hero

$50 to honor three heroes


HONOR YOUR HERO

Heroes Honored in 2024


Age Diedrick Honors:

Jeanne Griffiths Leslie




Henry Naylor Honors: 

Paul Loftland, US Navy



Ashley B. Cloud Honors: 

Wesley Thomas Brown, Jr., US Army, WWII



Vernita Dorsey Honors:

Sarah Johnson Seeney



Lynn & Leslie Jones Honor: 

Charles L. Jones, US Air Force, WWII


Andrew W. Forsyth, Jr., US Navy, WWII


Home Health Caregivers



The St. Helena's Choir Honors:

Joseph T. Gawinski, Jr., US Army, WWII


The Hullinger Family Honors: 

William A. McLaughlin, US Army



Julia Klein Honors:
 

                                                                                     Michaela Maria Brenner

                                                         The inside AVP (Alternatives to Violence) Facilitators
                                                              at the Howard Young Correctional Institution

                                                                                            Poll Watchers



Tim Terranova Honors: 


Richard Lee Tyndall, Jr. 


Priscilla Turgon Honors: 

Robert Louis Turgon, USMC








Heroes Honored in 2023


Carrie Gray Honors: 

CPL Matthew Tardel, US Marine Corps

PFC Orville Hahn, US Marine Corps (Navy Cross & Purple Heart)

All men & women currently serving in the US Armed Forces

Julia Bettina Klein Honors:

Heinz Klein, WWII

Teachers nationwide who help prepare our children for the present & the future

Greta Thunberg, Environmental Activist

Griswold Home Care for New Castle County Honors:

All of the dedicated men & women who serve as caregivers

Jon & Jamie Hickey Honor: 

Russell M. Hickey, US Army, WWII

Ashley B. Cloud Honors:

Wesley Thomas Brown, Jr., US Army, WWII

Bruce Swayze Honors: 

William W. Swayze III, Father

Gil & Alice Smith Honor: 

All heroes 

Dori Jacobson Honors: 

Charles E. Jacobson, III, USMC Purple Heart, Vietnam

Jon C. Jacobson, US Army Gold Star, Deceased

Mark T. Jacobson, Fought JVD, Deceased

A Grateful Citizen Honors: 

The soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the cause

The Brown Siblings Honor their brother:

Curt Brown, US Army

David & Elizabeth Rhoads Honor:

Nurses

Maxx & Ryan Honor their Poppop:

Wayne Patrick, Sergeant, US Marines, Vietnam

Theodore Kittila Honors: 

Allan B. Kittila, Captain, US Army, Vietnam

Don & Ethel Parsons Honor: 

Edward Budin, US Army

Ellis Budin, US Army

Donald F. Parsons, Sr., US Navy

Mike Staman Honors: 

Beverly Staman & her Community Involvement

Vernita Dorsey Honors:

SSG Sarah Johnson, US Army

TOTAL GIVEN: $1,011