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Photo of two boys pausing in road to honor US flag goes viral

The boys, reported to be cousins, stopped to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as a local fire station raised the flag.
Credit: Roseboro Fire Department/Facebook
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An act of patriotism was captured on camera outside a North Carolina fire station, and the internet is loving it.

Two unnamed children are shown saluting the flag in a Facebook post made by The Roseboro Fire Department. The department’s chief said the boys were also reciting the pledge of allegiance.

It happened as the fire station’s Champlain was raising the flag to full staff.

“…he looked over to the intersection and saw these two young people standing there with hands on their heart saying the pledge of allegiance.”

This afternoon as Chaplain Herring was raising the U.S. flag to full staff, he looked over to the intersection and saw these two young people standing there with hands on their heart saying the...

The photo has since been shared thousands of times.

WRAL reports the two boys are cousins.

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