West Seattle 4th of July: Police help raise The Junction’s flags

If you were up early – and in The Junction – you might have wondered what brought four police cars to 42nd/Alaska. Nope, nothing bad …

Those are the four Southwest Precinct officers who, along with one other citizen, answered the West Seattle Junction Association‘s call to help their all-around guy Don Smathers (center) with the task of placing flags along the heart of The Junction for the holiday. We followed along – photos ahead:

First, it was into the storage area (near California/Alaska’s Walk-All-Ways):

From there, a little rearranging in the alley west of Junction Plaza Park:

And from there, off to the east side of California, headed north:

From Oregon, back south, along the west side of California:

From the Southwest Precinct, your flag assistants were G.L. Drury, Joel Nark, Sgt. Neil Larkin, Mike Hope (all on duty till noon today, with other holiday duties including the Kids’ Parade). Also joining in – Dallas Johnson. The Junction is still interested in developing a regular corps of helpers for future holidays – contact info is at wsjunction.org.

12 Replies to "West Seattle 4th of July: Police help raise The Junction's flags"

  • Question July 4, 2012 (9:57 am)

    Thank you to the spd, who despite a few exceptions, do a good job despite working at a thankless job

  • Harold Reems July 4, 2012 (10:20 am)

    GREAT story and pictures. Thank you to those who took the time to raise the flags.

  • garden_nymph July 4, 2012 (10:22 am)

    Well done SPD!

  • margaret from vashon July 4, 2012 (12:40 pm)

    Thank you GL, Joe, Neil, Mike, Dallas and — of course — Don!! Your smiles in these great pictures tell a wonderful story! Way to step up Southwest Precinct (+1!)

  • boy July 4, 2012 (1:16 pm)

    This is a wonderful thing to see. I was driving around this morning and it was sad that I could count on one and a half hands how many flags on peoples houses I saw. Even the lack of flags out on store fronts was shameful. You go into white center and not one store front except meclandons not a flag up. During cinco dimyo all the bars had drink specials but on the forth of july not a one. One bar tender said it never crossed there minds. This is our countries biggest holiday we need to step up and show it.

  • evergreen July 4, 2012 (1:50 pm)

    I love our police officers.

  • star 55 July 4, 2012 (1:53 pm)

    Hope this makes the evening news!! Thanks guys!

  • patt July 4, 2012 (3:13 pm)

    Thank you Don Smathers
    for the years and years of doing stuff like this.
    You should be in the news every holiday!
    and thank you SPD

  • islewrite July 4, 2012 (8:18 pm)

    SW officers and staff are the best in the city.

  • Jordan July 5, 2012 (9:16 am)

    That is awesome. Thanks to the officers who helped do this. They are a major asset for our community.

  • LAintheJunction July 5, 2012 (6:09 pm)

    Thank you Don, Dallas, and all four of our officers! West Side Pride – you make us proud.

  • Rick Drury July 10, 2012 (10:18 pm)

    Thank you to all of the Seattle Police Officers for showing your American pride. Special thanks to my brother, Greg. You have honorably served your country in the military. You also honorably serve your community in the Police Force. THANK YOU for all of your dedicated and unselfish service!

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