Crofton Parkway Flag Project
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In the summer of 1989, Kiwanian Brigadier General Ed Dosek
and Betty were visiting Betty's birthplace when they came upon a
boulevard where all of the light poles were decorated with American
flags. Upon returning home to Crofton he saw the Crofton Parkway as a perfect place to display the same patriotism and community spirit. He sought the partnership of the business owners in making the project a reality, and in 1990 he obtained permission to place the brackets on the county-owned light poles. As the then President of the Crofton Civic Association, he sought and had a resolution passed to establish a flag fund. He personally arranged for the flags to be put up on holidays, but help at the time was scarce. In 1992 he asked the Pedersen family to take over the project, and Kiwanian "Pete" Pedersen and his family have run the project since then. In 1995 the Kiwanis Club and Foundation were given the responsibility for the project and took it over from the Civic Association.Pete and his family plus other Kiwanians now maintain and fund the 158 flags covering three and one half miles of the parkway. The Civic Association Board subsequently agreed the flags would be put up on Armed Forces day in May and come down after Veteran's Day in November. <nextpage>
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