AFTER SEPT. 11, 2001 PROOF ... THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A 24-foot-long mural of an American flag rippling in the wind will honor the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Lancaster Elks Lodge's western wall. The mural, created by a local graphics company, joins a flag outside the lodge's main entrance, where one has flown for decades, and 10 U.S. flags on poles that were added on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the attacks. ``We think it's going to be spectacular,'' said lodge member Bob Younkin, who led the effort. The mural will be dedicated at 5:30 p.m. Monday in a ceremony in honor of the people killed Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , at the Pentagon, in an airliner crash in Pennsylvania and in efforts on the ground by firefighters, police and others who died while attempting rescues. The lodge is at 240 E. Ave. K. More than three dozen lodge members gave $100 or more each to pay for the mural, which cost nearly $4,000, Younkin said. The mural idea came from a visit by the lodge's Rage of the Sage camping club to an Elks lodge in Verb 1. lodge in - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" occupy, reside move in - occupy a place; "The crowds are moving in" stay at - reside temporarily; "I'm staying at the Hilton" Vista in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County. The Vista lodge had a similar flag painted on its exterior wall. ``We were all struck by it,'' Younkin said. Younkin gave a photo of the Vista mural superimposed su·per·im·pose tr.v. su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es 1. To lay or place (something) on or over something else. 2. on the Lancaster lodge building to Underground Graphics in Lancaster. The company came up with a version of the flag for the Lancaster wall. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Artist Chris Walker There are several people called Chris Walker or Christopher Walker:
coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" a star of the 24-foot-long American flag in a new mural on the Lancaster Elks Lodge at 240 East Ave K. (2 -- 3 -- color) Painter Chris Walker, right and above, works on an American flag mural, 13 feet by 24 feet, on a wall of the Lancaster lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks), is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868. at 240 E. Ave. K. The mural will be dedicated on Monday in memory of victims of terrorist attacks in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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