WTKR: Virginia Farmers Plant Flags To Honor COVID Victims

WTKR: Virginia Farmers Plant Flags To Honor COVID Victims

March 13, 2021

March 13, 2021

The blueberry farmers stuck colorful flags in their fields to symbolize the extreme loss in the state of Virginia.

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