On my way to visit my mother Saturday these flags caught my eye in a park in Corsicana. I pulled over and got out with my camera. It was impossible to get the full effect. I counted 25 rows and 40 columns.

A young woman straightening the flags said her mother had organized the event and directed me to a van parked under a shade tree where I found the organizer eating a sandwich. She said the flags are to fly from September 11 through November 11 to commemorate those who fell on 911. I never did fully understand the significance of the number one thousand. However I believe it does happen to be about how many American soldiers have fallen in Iraq to date, so I am posting the picture here as a reminder of that.