Blind SC students receive tactile American flags

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Students at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind recite the Pledge of Allegiance each morning, never knowing exactly what they’re saluting.

The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported (http://bit.ly/pGCXGk) that changed Friday, when visually impaired students received 17 tactile American flags. The Kate Barry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution donated the flags.

DAR members in Missouri hand-crafted the flags. Blue braid borders a square of shiny star-shaped brads, and nylon webbing indicates where the red stripes are. Students can feel the 50 stars and the 13 red-and-white stripes.

Students say they’re happy to have flags in their classrooms that help them understand the history in the design.

DAR members say the school needs another 57 flags. They’re working with other organizations to supply those.