Sanitation worker Ed Shevlin sick of picking American flags out of trash cans An Irish-American Rockaway resident has offered to rescue American flags from trash cans as a Flag Day tribute. Sanitation Worker Ed Shevlin was disgusted when he rescued several American flags from the trash heap on Flag Day.
June 16, 2013 - Irish Central
City sanitation worker makes his own pledge on Flag Day Sanitation worker Ed Shevlin, tired of fishing American flags out of the trash heap, has made his own pledge in honor of Flag Day. Shevlin promised to drive anywhere in the five boroughs and Nassau County to pick up flags and make sure they are properly discarded.
June 14, 2013 - New York Daily News
Northern California Veterans Museum fair booth extols price of freedom Rescued from the trash heap, three larger-than-life statues of poncho-clad American G.I.s trudging over a hill during the Korean War promote the Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center while extolling the price our veterans paid in preserving freedom for a land and people they did not know.
June 12, 2013 - Anderson Valley Post