Thousand Flags

Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club members and dozens of community volunteers are placing 1,000 flags in The Park at River Walk on Saturday morning, May 24, 2025, for the eleventh presentation of Thousand Flags.

The visually stunning, emotional Thousand Flags display honors and remembers those who have died serving our country. The community can view this magnificent display beginning at noon on Saturday. The Memorial Weekend Thousand Flags event will also feature a military band concert Saturday evening in the amphitheater and a Thousand Flags Fun Run on Sunday morning. Memorial Day will feature a patriotic vendors fair, hosting dozens of organizations that serve our veterans. At noon, Breakfast Rotary will host a short, patriotic program which will feature the presentation of donations to local military organizations and will end with a spectacular parachute jump by paratroopers from Comrades in Canopies.