HT: Janet Parshall
Janet shared this story today on her show and I thought it was so good that you need to read it.
Jeffrey Sahli noticed the faded, fraying American flag outside Evergreen Middle School soon after he started eighth grade last year.
“I thought the flag wasn’t being treated with flag etiquette. I thought I needed to do that,” the 14-year-old said. “I wanted to serve my country and I thought, heck, I’ll start right here.”
With the principal’s permission, he began taking care of Old Glory. Every school day he carefully hoists the U.S. and Colorado flags before classes and takes them down before heading home. He folds the Colorado flag into a neat square, the U.S. flag into a triangle, and places them in a cabinet in the office.
He keeps them inside on stormy days.
Susan Roy didn’t know Jeffrey but saw him every time she dropped off and picked up her son at Evergreen Middle.
“Jeff would be out there – rain or shine – it didn’t matter,” she said. “He just wasn’t taking it down, throwing it over his shoulders and taking it inside. He was very purposeful about it.”
You have to read the rest because there is a surprise at the end where Jeff is honored by….read it 
Comments on this entry are closed.