The Story Behind Ledyard Center School's New Flag [with VIDEO]

Mr. Rogers' class at Ledyard Center School got an early lesson on the power of the pen this month. When the students wrote to State Sen. Cathy Osten and expressed dismay over the tattered state of their school flag, she was moved to act.

According to Principal Nash-Dietzel, the flag had taken quite a beating in the last hurricane and the blizzard and was starting to look worse for wear.

Sen. Osten took the kids' request to heart and brought them a new flag and this flag was no ordinary flag. Sen. Osten purchased the flag that she donated to Ledyard Center School and had it flown over the State Capitol Building on January 28, 2013, according to legislative aide Gus Melita.

Osten made a special trip to the school and during a school-wide ceremony, she handed the flag over to ready girl scouts and boy scouts who ceremoniously unfolded the flag which was then raised by Mr. Rogers.

Sen. Osten and the entire school then pledged their allegiance to the new flag.