Solomon the Service Dog

Date: 5 Feb 2014 to 8 Feb 2014
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Solomon is a service dog that we, some of the WikiTree team members and supervisors, met when we went to RootsTech in February 2014 in Salt Lake City.

Solomon belongs to Tom Flynn, President of the Avenue of 444 Flags, who occupied the booth across from us. Avenue of 444 Flags is a wonderful organization that works to honor the memories of U.S. Veterans in several ways, as their website states, including:

• The Avenue of 444 Flags is itself a salute to all honorable American veterans of all wars.

• The area within the circles of flags surrounding The War on Terror Veterans Memorial is a Cremation Garden, a permanent resting place for the cremated remains of honorably discharged veterans and their families.

• The memorials of those interred in the Cremation Garden aren't chunks of stone planted in one place, telling only the dates of their births and deaths. Rather, they are stories in the Tribute section of this web site that fill in what happened between their births and deaths, accessible from anywhere at any time.

• The Tributes pages also tell the stories of many other veterans who have protected your freedoms and your way of life. Some are buried in other places, while some are still living good, productive lives. By these stories, you can learn a lot about the sacrifices they have made to serve you and our nation. You can also learn about American and world history, because links within the stories connect you with the historical contexts in which they occurred.

Solomon was trained as a wheelchair service dog so he can do things like remove socks and shoes. He also loves to play catch and get belly rubs.

As evidenced by the pictures, Solomon was a big hit with all the WikiTreers!