By Lindsay Ruebens
The Charlotte Observer
Shasta Resper’s thumbs began to throb after hours of pushing small American flags into the cold November ground. “I was complaining about my thumbs, but I’m not one of these flags,” the 31-year-old Iraqi War veteran said. “There’s nothing we can truly complain about… because we’re still here.”
The 6,621 flags on the Overcash lawn of Central Piedmont Community College’s central campus represent the number of American soldiers who have been killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. For the past four years, the college’s chapter of Student Veterans of America has erected the sea of flags in honor of Veterans Day.
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