Many now has a flagpole at the Many Depot, brightly lit American Flag will be flying there soon.
The best news? It didn't cost the town a penny. MidSouth Bank donated the flagpole, Crittenden's Garage is donating the flag, and Hurd Electric is donating the nighttime lighting.
Many's Alderman at Large Mary Brocato is thrilled about how donors stepped up to make the patriotic display possible. Brocato said, "We've worked so hard to restore the historic old depot, and we wanted a flag flying in front of it so badly. It was going to be expensive, but our donors took care of that problem and gave us everything we need. Our city street crew, under the supervision of Mike Moore, worked hard to remove the flagpole at Florien's MidSouth Branch, bring it to Man, and then installed it last week. The heat was terrible, but they never stopped until that flagpole was standing tall"
Brocato Continued, "I was so excited and posted pictures on Facebook of the installation. I didn't even ask for anyone to donate the flag, but Debbie Crittenden of Crittenden's Garage immediately responded and wrote, "Crittenden's Garage would be honored to give the US Flag."
"Then Wade Springer asked if we were going to light the flag at night or take it down each day. I hadn't even thought about that, bu Fred Hurd of Hurd Electric quickly offered to gift the town with a 400 W LED light and the wiring and installation."
She said, "Now the United States of America Flag will shine brightly every night so passersby can see it and know how proud people in our town are of our county."
Many Mayor Ken Freeman said, "I want to say a special thanks to MidSouth Bank, Crittenden's Garage and Hurd Electric for their generosity. I also want to thank Many's Hardworking Street Crew for doing such a good job on installing the best Telescoping Flagpole. It takes good people working together and they will accomplish good things. We are fortunate to have so many good people here in Many."