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Each day, the American flag flies outside of the Nancy & Arend Lubbers Student Services Center, alongside the flags of GVSU and Michigan. The flag is seen backlit by the sun on the warm spring morning of May 20.

Stars and Stripes and GVSU: See a Laker-related image collection of the American flag

BY University Communications

Jul 2, 2026

As America marks its 250th anniversary, here is a look at the American flag across Grand Valley's grounds and some of the ways Lakers have honored it.

See the collection of images in this photo essay.

The American flag is seen from above on the Grand Valley campus.
Members of the Grand Valley women's basketball team bow their heads while collectively holding a large American flag.
A person crouches down to place a small American flag into the ground. The person is surrounded by many small American flags for a memorial on GVSU's Valley Campus.

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