Will Lusk, left, interacts with Tori Bond Friday while walking the flag to the Marion Veterans AffairsMedical Center. The center is the checkpoint for the Old Glory Coast to Coast Relay markingday no. 44 of the relay. Lusk and Bond are members of the regional team. “I participated to showsupport for my dad and other veterans.” Bond said. The American flag shown was flown on a helicopter in Afghanistan said Dave James, honorary captain of the relay. The flag will be retired once the relay is completed Nov. 11 in Washington.Aidan Osborne • Daily Egyptian