The Pledge of Allegiance had a special meaning at Providence Mount St. Vincent this afternoon. U.S. Army Captain Mike Farrell brought that flag to The Mount, before returning to Afghanistan, where that flag flew during his last mission, on his helicopter. His fiancee (holding the flag, at right) Colleen Cremin is a Mount staffer (as is Jessie Fletcher, holding the flag’s left side), but that’s not why he brought the flag there – Capt. Farrell has been corresponding with The Mount resident Gwen Schwenzer:
Gwen and other residents had sent Christmas cards and letters to designated military pen pals, and she wound up corresponding with Capt. Farrell, who’s with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division, and is scheduled to return to Bagram, Afghanistan, in two weeks.
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