Carthage is chock full of community pride. I’ve lived a lot of places and it’s one of my favorite things about this town! Up until a couple years ago, we hadn’t had a community flag to show off our town pride. We had a city flag and we had our sports flags, but we didn’t have a flag celebrating the extraordinary botanical beauties that make us America’s Maple Leaf City. I can’t tell you how many calls we receive every year from people who are traveling from all over the state, and in some cases even farther, who are looking for a glimpse of our maple leaf trees at their absolute peak which will be here before we know it!
The Maple Leaf Forever Flag is a stunning Tom Jones’ design featuring a background of the Historic Courthouse topped by a swag of maple leaves and set atop a clear blue sky. The flag was originally born of the 50thAnnual Maple Leaf but proved to be so popular, we have gotten in a new stock and they’re here waiting for you! A handful of each of the larger flags, including a large horizontal “business sized” 5X3 foot ($65), a medium horizontal “residence sized” 3X2 foot ($40) are available, and about a dozen of the 12X18 inch ($15) vertical garden flag are available for purchase. Don’t wait for Maple Leaf season because once they’re gone, they’re gone.
This flag represents what Carthage is all about…fall, fun, tradition, and the Maple Leaf Festival! You can even fly your flag year-round to celebrate our special city. Flags have no year on them so can be used year-round FOREVER! Maple Leaf Festival Co-Chairperson Alice Chorum said, “We have been so proud to see Carthage absolutely blanketed with flags the last couple years and hope even more folks will come purchase flags to help keep our residents, visitors, and guests as excited about our gorgeous town and the coming season.”
