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Beauregard Parish Flags Through Time | Lake Charles News
Beauregard Parish is unveiling a brand-new flag, designed by local Thomas Lee Bethke, who captured the parish’s spirit with a pine cone and branch — but this modern redesign reignites a forgotten chapter: in 1975, a teen named Buck Duplechin won a similar contest with a pine tree design that vanished from records until now. When the new contest sparked his memory, he recreated his lost flag from memory and a yearbook photo — and while Bethke’s design becomes official, Duplechin’s recreated masterpiece will be archived as a tribute to Beauregard’s artistic past. It’s a powerful reminder that…
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