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En noviembre de 2011, Alta Lynch, voluntaria desde hace mucho tiempo para causas de veteranos en el condado de Columbia, convers\u00f3 con el personal de Jeff Merkley en un evento del D\u00eda de los Veteranos en McCormick Park en St. Helens, se\u00f1al\u00f3 la bandera estadounidense hecha jirones que ondeaba sobre el monumento a los veteranos y pregunt\u00f3: si Jeff pudiera proporcionarle al parque una nueva bandera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuatro meses despu\u00e9s, en febrero de 2012, Jeff lleg\u00f3 al monumento a los veteranos para entregar la nueva bandera a Lynch ya los l\u00edderes de la ciudad y agradecer a los l\u00edderes y voluntarios del condado de Columbia por su trabajo al servicio de los veteranos. La nueva bandera una vez onde\u00f3 sobre el Capitolio en Washington, DC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff habl\u00f3 en la ceremonia de izamiento de la bandera con la asistencia de unos 45 miembros de la comunidad, enfatizando la importancia de ayudar a los veteranos y agradeciendo a los asistentes por su servicio y sacrificio. Miembros de Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) en St. Helens, VFW en Scappoose, American Legion en St. Helens y St. Helens Garden Club asistieron al evento.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In November 2011, Alta Lynch, a longtime volunteer for veteran causes in Columbia County, chatted with Jeff Merkley\u2019s staff at a Veteran\u2019s Day event at McCormick Park in St. Helens, pointed up to the tattered U.S. Flag flying over the veterans\u2019 memorial and asked if Jeff could provide the park a new flag. 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