The 3,000 flags symbolize the lives lost on 9/11, and are a reminder of those who keep the country free and safe.
Kelsey Ramsey helps place some of the nearly 3,000 flags in the ‘Waves of Flags’ display at Pepperdine University’s Alumni Park Saturday, September 2, 2023. The flags represent the victims from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and also include national flags representing citizens from foreign countries. Students and personnel at Pepperdine University and other volunteers set up nearly 3,000 flags on Saturday, Sept.
The rows of American flags, and also one national flag for each foreign country who lost citizens that day, represent the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in which airplane hijackers destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City, crashed a plane into the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in rural Pennsylvania after passengers revolted against the hijackers.
Passersby can’t miss the massive display of flags on the university’s great lawn at the corner of Malibu Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway. The “Waves of Flags” tradition began in 2008 when university students were inspired by a similar Sept. 11 tribute elsewhere. The flags will be up until Sept. 20 and then lowered on Sept. 21 by volunteers from Pepperdine and the community.
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