An American flag flies at the Perkins restaurant in North Mankato on Sunday afternoon.
A VISIBLE SPIRIT of American patriotism prevailed in rural southern Minnesota this July Fourth weekend. Like so many other places in this great country of ours.
Along U.S. Highway 14 on the north side of Mankato.
As my husband, son and I journeyed from Faribault to Lamberton for a family gathering, I noticed the red, white and blue everywhere.
Flags line a cemetery entry along U.S. Highway 14 in New Ulm Saturday afternoon.
I love this show of pride in America, in the freedom the stars-and-stripes represents.
Two of my nieces and a nephew, dressed in patriotic attire, were among those gathered in rural Lamberton on the Fourth of July. Photo by Randy Helbling.
How blessed I am to live in this land.
MORE RED, WHITE AND BLUE:
American flags line buildings along U.S. Highway 14 in downtown Sleepy Eye.
Downtown Sleepy Eye.
A patriotic can cooler.
Flags in a window overlooking the patio at my brother and sister-in-law’s home.
This is the old manure spreader, now used to showcase flowers, from the farm where I grew up. My sister-in-law attached the patriotic bunting for the Fourth.
Sunday afternoon in Elysian, a flag flies over a tent on the Trails of History event.
© Copyright 2015 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
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