These Texas Filmmakers Found the Meaning of Flag Day in a Small, Midwestern Town

These Texas filmmakers found the meaning of Flag Day in a small, Midwestern town

Andrew and Melissa Shea's documentary captures a close-knit community with claims to the biggest Flag Day parade in the nation.

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

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 …

Small Michigan town's large parade featured in 'Flag Day' documentary

Three Oaks in southwestern Michigan is the subject of a new documentary opening in theaters this weekend.