A Small Town’s Flag Day Parade Captures the Heart and Soul of America

By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-12 09:08:59 | Updated at 2026-06-16 17:40:43 4 days ago
A Small Town’s Flag Day Parade Captures the Heart and Soul of America

Miss Three Oaks with Court. Courtesy of Shea Pictures

Every summer since 1953, the farming community of Three Oaks, Michigan, has staged a record-breaking Flag Day celebration. Its very first parade featured about 20 marching units, but by the time filmmakers Andrew and Melissa Shea decided to make a documentary of the 2024 parade, that number had grown to well over 100.

“Our goal was to portray a moment of unity in a time when so much is in a different direction,” Andrew Shea told The Epoch Times in a recent interview.

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