Crosslake Freedom Flags project displays 500 U.S. flags ahead of America’s 250th

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The City of Crosslake is displaying more than 500 American flags to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. The initiative, dubbed “Crosslake Freedom Flags,” will line city streets with the Stars and Stripes.

“What began as a vision to celebrate freedom, honor our nation’s heritage, and recognize those who have served has grown into one of the largest patriotic community displays in the region,” notes a city press release.

According to the city, Crosslake Freedom Flags is “a true community effort” that was made possible by donations from businesses, city residents, and other supporters. In total, over $25,000 was donated to make the flag display happen.

The flags will be on display from July 1 through July 14. However, Crosslake Freedom Flags is intended to become an annual tradition. A city press release says the intention is for the flags to fly every year over Memorial Day weekend, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day weekend.

Photo: Flags on display in Cross Lake/Alpha News Staff

“Crosslake Freedom Flags is about much more than displaying American flags,” Crosslake Mayor Jackson Purfeerst said in a statement. “It is about remembering those who have fought and currently fight for our freedoms, honoring the Founding Fathers and the patriots of the Revolutionary War who believed that a free people could govern themselves, and preserving the heritage they secured through their courage and sacrifice.”

The city says the flags will be visible “throughout Crosslake’s major corridors” and create a “striking patriotic experience for residents and visitors alike during one of the busiest weeks of the summer.”

According to the city, dozens of volunteers assisted in placing the flags throughout Crosslake. Additionally, “city staff, local organizations, businesses, and community members donated their time, talent, and resources to make the project possible.”

Photo: Flags on display in Cross Lake/Alpha News Staff

In addition to the flags, Crosslake’s Fourth of July festivities will include a boat parade with a “massive American flag,” a “Revolutionary War-themed barge complete with a cannon,” and a military flyover featuring two Beechcraft T-34 Mentor and two North American T-6 Texans.

“Crosslake Freedom Flags is a reminder of that legacy, a celebration of what unites us as Americans, and a testament to what a community can accomplish when people come together behind a shared vision,” added Purfeerst.

 

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IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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