Every Monday, the small town of Maple Hollow gathers for its flag-raising at the old courthouse square—a tradition unbroken for seventy years. When seventeen-year-old Ellie Chen, the town's newest resident and a reluctant volunteer, is asked to lead the ceremony, she discovers a forgotten letter hidden inside the flagpole's base. The letter pulls her into the past, revealing a fallen soldier, a forbidden love, and a promise made on the eve of war. As Ellie pieces together the truth, she must decide whether honoring the past means preserving its silence—or finally letting the town remember. A moving story about memory, courage, and the threads that bind generations together.
