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U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Michael L. Brooks, Marine Corps Quantico Base Commander, addresses the crowd about the importance of the Bluebell Festival on the Merrimac Farms, Nokesville, Virginia on April 7, 2024. Bluebell flowers are unique in that they only grow on floodplains, plus, the flowers glow blue when observed from a distance in the sunlight. The flowers only bloom for a few weeks in the very early springtime and then die off, leaves and all, so that you would never know they were present in the first place. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keahi J. Soomanstanton)

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keahi Soomanstanton/Released 240407-M-SY821-1001.JPG

Apr 10, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Michael L. Brooks, Marine Corps Quantico Base Commander, addresses the crowd about the importance of the Bluebell Festival on the Merrimac Farms, Nokesville, Virginia on April 7, 2024. Bluebell flowers are unique in that they only grow on floodplains, plus, the flowers glow blue when observed from a distance in the sunlight. The flowers only bloom for a few weeks in the very early springtime and then die off, leaves and all, so that you would never know they were present in the first place. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keahi J. Soomanstanton)

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