A Small-Flag Memorial

The three small flags tucked at far end are easy to miss.

At least compared to the huge flag that sails at the avenue’s ocean end.

They sit more than stand at the ankles of a lilac tree dedicated to Swampscott’s Robert Jalbert who was aboard Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001.

The lilac tree itself is easy to miss, one of two lilac trees in a grove of lilac bushes.

The three flags were mostly still Sunday afternoon. They stirred when wind found a path close to the ground.

Whoever pushed them there made a simple gesture.

It came in a week that will see many gestures simple and grand as people reflect on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.