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Move over, Betsy Ross

Tamaqua Area High School teacher Lori Remmel and 52 graphic art students spent the day Wednesday painting an American flag on Stadium Hill as part of the monthlong Tamaqua Remembers tribute. Each student had a specific task from mixing paint to painting the stars and stripes.

Tamaqua High School students Megan Robertshaw and Makayla Acuna place their handprints on a large American flag the students painted on Stadium Hill leading to the school. The flag was painted by 52 graphic arts students, each given a very specific task. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS
Brooke Dietrich loads Bri Morrison’s hand with paint so she can place her handprint on a large flag the students painted on Stadium Hill in Tamaqua.
Sam Wagner places her handprint on the flag painted along Stadium Hill.
Tamaqua Area High School students Stephen Nieves and Alaina Walsh work on the large flag painted along Stadium Hill. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS
Tamaqua Area High School students Britney Miller, Madison Carroll and Flo Rios paint stars on the blue field of a large flag painted along Stadium Hill leading to the school.
Alex Williams, a senior at Tamaqua Area High School, paints stars in the blue field of the huge American flag the graphic arts students painted on Stadium Hill leading to the school.