If it’s a federal holiday, you’ll likely see the LEAP Ambassadors helping the Lion’s Club with their “Flag Project,” a project involving the placing of flags on approximately 1.5 miles of downtown area streets.
This morning began early (6:00am) and with a near-freezing temperature (33 degrees), but the Lions Club and the Ambassadors are old pros at this. So, we took a look at the empty streets in the early dawn…
…and we got to work! The process is simple, alternating Texas and US flags down the street, while also placing a half-dozen or so “Support the Lions Club Flag Project” signs.
Seventy minutes later, we were done, a fact that made Brenda very happy!
And since its “Presidents Day,” we wanted to thrown in a couple of fun facts!
Wade Thibodeaux, Publisher of Walker County Press, is the President of the Lions Club.
Brenda Poe, Editor of the Huntsville Item, is the Flag Coordinator (sort of like the Betsy Ross) of the Lions Club.
Morgan Robertson, a History Major and Political Science and Criminal Justice minor, is the President of the LEAP Ambassadors. She is planning on a career in City Government, and she is off to a great start, having interned at the City of Huntsville (twice), the Old Town Theatre, in the Texas Senate during a legislative session, and is currently interning for the City of Madisonville.
As a final bit of trivia, Presidents Day falls in February (third Monday) because George Washington’s Birthday is February 22. He will be 292 in three days! Over time, this holiday also came to incorporate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, whose birthday is February 12.
The LEAP Ambassadors have studied these (and other) Presidents over the years!
Including, of course, Sam Houston!
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