To that end, the annual Four Flags ceremony is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Point in Crescent Park on the south bank of the Allegheny River.

At the heart of the event will be the raising of the flags of the four nations that have claimed the Warren area – the Seneca Nation of Indians, the French Fleur-de-Lis, the British King’s Colors and the Betsy Ross American flag.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Bob Dilks, Jr.

His father, Bob Dilks, Sr., was part of the group that drove the effort to create Heritage Point, according to his obituary published in January, and was instrumental in adding the Seneca Nation flag.

Times Observer file photos The 2024 version of the Four Flags commemoration - which includes raising the flags along the bank of the Allegheny River for each of the four nations that have claimed the Warren area in its history - will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Crescent Park.

Due in large part to these efforts, he was adopted into the Seneca Nation Bear Clan on May 23, 1987, per the obituary.

Mayor David Wortman will be the master of ceremony while the Warren Area High School Band will provide music.

The event is a joint effort of the city’s service clubs – Exchange Club, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club and Rotary Club as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Warren Elks Lodge and American Legion Post 132 provided additional funds to cover the cost of the flags.

Warren’s service clubs have been coordinating the event since 1990.

The flags have been a decades-long tradition.

Three of the flags were raised for the first time in 1968 while the Seneca flag was added in 1986.

In the case of inclement weather, the event will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pleasant Twp.