Driving past the King Street ball field one afternoon, Army Airborne veteran and DPW Director Brutus Cantoreggi noticed something awry - a flagpole missing its American flag.
Not only was the flag missing, but so were the lights that should be illuminating it at night, he said.
"When you display an American flag, it's supposed to be lit at all times" though the town couldn't afford to pay for a lighting system at the field, Cantoreggi said.
"As a veteran, I do like to see all American flags illuminated," Cantoreggi said.
So he secured a U.S. flag and a $6,000 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative for a solar-powered light, which the Department of Public Works installed last week, he said.
Franklin was one of the first 20 communities in the state to apply for and receive such a grant, he added.
"We get the best of both worlds. We get to light the flag, which is the right thing to do, and it doesn't cost anything," Cantoreggi said.
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