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Tucson police officer Charley Foley spends countless hours on the road observing the community and he also notices that many flagpoles are in need of repair or no longer fly Old Glory.
Foley decided to reverse this trend so on Flag Day 2014 he founded "Flags for Flagless," a non-profit organization that works to repair flagpoles and bring back the Stars and Stripes.
Since establishing the volunteer organization, Foley and his coworker officer Brad Clark have put up or donated more than 150 flags in and around Tucson with the help of other groups or individuals.
However, for Flag Day 2015 the men are taking their message to New York City as part of their first national event. They are handing out 30 flags at a public school in Brooklyn after a maintenance worker in New York heard about the group on social media and contacted Foley.
When they return to Tucson, Foley and Clark are planning special events on the Fourth of July and September 11.
A version of flag day has been celebrated for more than a century, but June 14 was designated as National Flag Day by an Act of Congress in 1949 and signed into law by President Truman.
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