State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump hails 12-year-old boy who placed 40,000 US flags at veterans’ graves

“Here tonight is Preston Sharp, a 12-year-old boy from Redding, California, who noticed that veterans’ graves were not marked with flags on Veterans Day. He decided to change that, and started a movement that has now placed 40,000 flags at the graves of our great heroes. Preston: a job well done,” Donald Trump said.

Donald Trump went on to say how “young patriots like Preston” remind the people of America why they “proudly stand for the national anthem”.

“Young patriots like Preston teach all of us about our civic duty as Americans. Preston’s reverence for those who have served our Nation reminds us why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem,” he said.