Monarch Release
On Friday evening, family and friends of Dunbar gathered at the memorial garden to release sixteen monarch butterflies.
Jerome Higginbotham asks Isabella Carpenter what she named her butterfly before they take the lid off to release it.
Elle Barrineau waits for her butterfly to take flight.
One of the newly released monarchs lands on a flower in the memorial garden.
A butterfly takes it’s time before leaving.
One of the newly released monarchs lads on a flower in the memorial garden.
Isabella Carpenter shows off her butterfly that she named “Friend.”
One of the newly released monarchs lads on a flower in the memorial garden.
The Arrows brothers watch as Higginbotham explains the difference between a male and female monarch.
William Arrows and Higginbotham point to a butterfly perched on a flower in the garden.
Shirley Spalding tries to get her butterfly out of the jar.
Lamplighter Editor-in-cheif Emily Liu releases a monarch with a broken wing.
One of the newly released monarchs lads on a flower in the memorial garden.
Josh Arrows watches his monarch fly into the garden.
After being removed from the jar, Higginbotham transfers the butterfly to Elle Barrineau’s finger.
Shirley Spalding watches her monarch fly from her finger.
Alyssa Dean waits for her butterfly to take flight.
Taryn Carpenter waits for her monarch to fly.
Higginbotham passes the butterfly.
A monarch hangs from Alyssa Dean’s finger.
Isabella Carpenter waits for her turn to hold the butterfly.
Chase Vickory observes his monarch before releasing it into the garden.
The Arrows brothers watch as a monarch is being released.
