Riderwood retirement community received an American flag that flew in Afghanistan during a Veterans Day ceremony that honored hundreds of military veterans on Monday.

United States Marine Sgt. Carlos Batenga presented the American flag to Riderwood’s Executive Director Chip Warner, who is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and who served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. The American flag will be prominently displayed at Riderwood’s 120-acre campus in Silver Spring, MD, as a tribute to all veterans.

The flag was flown over the headquarters of 8th Engineer Support Battalion (Forward), Camp Leatherneck in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 4, 2012. It is dedicated by the United States Marine Corps to Riderwood in honor of residents who served in the military.

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -- Firefighters rescued a driver after falling into a drainage culvert approximately 25-feet deep, Prince George's County Fire Dept. said.

According to officials, the single-car crash took place on the inner-loop of the Capital Beltway just before Kenilworth Ave. in Greenbelt on Saturday just before 4 a.m.

For unknown reasons, the car left the roadway, went down a steep embankment and overturned into the drainage culvert, officials said.

"Firefighters on-board the heavy-duty rescue squad from Berwyn Heights performed the challenging high-angle rescue and extrication," Mark Brady PGFD PIO said.

The driver was transported to a Trauma Center with non-life threatening injures.