Flag is official emblem

Gov. has signed into law legislation authored by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Columbia/Luzerne/Wyoming) to establish the Honor and Remember Flag as an official Pennsylvania emblem for fallen armed forces personnel and to require the flag to be permanently flown in Soldiers’ Grove near the state Capitol.

The adoption of the Honor and Remember Flag by Pennsylvania will help provide a universally recognized symbol that acknowledges the men and women of our U. S. Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Boback, an advocate for veterans and chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee’s Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Facilities, sponsored the bill in honor of 1st Lt. Michael J. Cleary, who was killed in December 2005 in Iraq.

Cleary’s father, Jack, a resident of Boback’s district, was presented an Honor and Remember flag on behalf of his son in June 2010.