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After indicating back in May that this city was on our list, we finally made it last month to Brooklyn, Iowa! Fortunately on the day of our visit it was very windy, which helped show off this "Community of Flags" . In addition to the central display of flags from all 50 states there are also flags from other nations throughout the downtown area. I discovered two (of I am sure many) interesting stories about Brooklyn while researching for this post. Firstly, that the community (again, of about 1,400) raised $52,000 in one month to save the William Manatt house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Secondly,, that the editor of The Brooklyn Paper spent a week in the city covering the Iowa Presidential caucuses . 9 shots were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, with two added to the updated article on Wikipedia. Here are a couple of my favorites: Links Brooklyn, Iowa pictures on Wikimedia Commons Updated Brooklyn, Iowa article on Wikipedia "Frie...

Our biggest apologies to the city of Brooklyn! Due to a miscalculation we arrived there on Sunday with the sun too low to take any good pictures. We also tried to stop by on Tuesday but ran into a storm. Hopefully the third time will be the charm!

This week we will be heading to Brooklyn, Iowa ! View Larger Map Sharing a name with one of the five boroughs of New York City , this city of around 1,400 people (as of 2000) is known as the Community of Flags , and I'm sure you will be seeing a few flags in our photographs! Aerial View of Brooklyn, New York. Source: Commons / Flickr / Kris Arnold What sights do you think we should look to document in Brooklyn? Have your own interesting shots of this place? Feel free to share them via the comments section below! Links Brooklyn, Iowa website Wikipedia article for Brooklyn, Iowa (as it stands today)