NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Veterans Banners from the Vieyra Honors Foundation have begun to be hung downtown. They sold enough for 72 of 112 possible banners, but not all of them will be hung this weekend.
"We, like many during this last couple of years, experienced some unexpected supply chain issues," said Marla Booher with the foundation. "We didn't receive all of the necessary hardware to get all of the banners up by this weekend. I have contacted everybody that purchased a banner and let them know that the first phase will be put up, about 18 banners. The second would be mid-June. I don't know the exact date. By mid-June another 35 will go up and then the remainder will be put up by the time the Fourth of July parade comes."
There's no pattern to where they will be hung, it's just dependent on where they have the existing hardware.
"Since we weren't able to honor the Memorial Day through Fourth of July timeline that we originally said, we're working with the city to have them hung from whenever they get hung up now, through Veteran's Day," Booher said.
There is also a period around Emancipation Day in August when the Pan-African flag is typically flown downtown. Booher said, they will be working with the city to be sure both can be hung for an appropriate time.