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Lt. Colonel John Mortimer, U.S. Army (Ret.), salutes the American flag as it is raised over the Hassaympa Inn for the first time in
50 years Saturday morning in downtown Prescott.

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"Well, it's been a long time," said Mayor Marlin Kuykendall at the first flag-raising ceremony at downtown Prescott's Hassayampa Inn in about half a century Saturday morning. Some photos show a flag on the rooftop circa 1961 or '62, but Kuykendall was pretty sure it wasn't up the first time he ate there in 1959. But that's beside the point."Today is the start of a very important weekend for all of us as Americans," Kuykendall told the crowd.

May 27, 2012