A local veterans advocate is rallying the community to honor the fallen heroes of our community.

Starting Wednesday, Jeff Morlock is coordinating community members to line the streets of the community en-route to Mausoleum Park Cemetery in Clinton with American flags in honor of veteran Sonny Nelson who passed away last week in Clinton.

According to Morlock, who has helped countless local veterans get connected to the Honor Flight trips to Washington, D.C., he hopes to carry this tradition well into the future to honor the local heroes in our community.

In an effort to make this a veteran-to-veteran effort, Morlock accepts donations of $50 for him to make a flag case with the veteran's name on the back and then donate a flag to the family in honor of that veteran that has passed.

'Battle Cross Crusaders' will be the name of a social media page coming later this week. Morlock explains the name stems from the image of a rifle staked in the ground with the helmet hanging on top.

For anyone wanting to contact Morlock for more information, you can reach him by phone at 217-853-2530.