National 9/11 flag in Gallup
The Flag Stitching Ceremony commences in the rotunda of the McKinley County Courthouse on Thursday morning. The flag, which was flying near the World Trade Centers at the time of Sept. 11 attacks, is traveling the country and at each stop members of the community put another stitch in the flag. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Gaye Brown de Alvarez
Staff writer

GALLUP — The 20 ft. by 30 ft. National 9/11 Flag was in Gallup Thursday, arriving here just ahead the motorcyclists in the Run for the Wall.

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