FLEMINGTON, NJ (Hunterdon County) -Hunterdon County officials raised a refreshed Killed in Action (KIA) Honor Flag at a special ceremony outside of the county’s Historic Courthouse in Flemington Thursday afternoon.
The solemn ceremony included Veterans, County officials refreshed the flag with the help of the Flemington National Guard and paid special recognition for the 13 members of the military killed at the airport gate in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26.
Officials chose October 7 because it is the 20th anniversary of the commencement of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, America’s first response to the 9-11 terrorist attack twenty years ago.
