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VFW, Local Scouts to Hold a Flag Retirement Ceremony March 10
If you have an old worn American flag and are not sure how to properly dispose of it, you're invited to bring the flag to the VFW for a proper retirement ceremony next Saturday, March 10.
Thank you to Elbert Reed of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1949 for passing along the following news item:
Boy Scout Troop 422 and Cub Scout Pack 500 in conjunction with Enumclaw VFW Post 1949, will hold a flag retirement ceremony on March 10th. The ceremony will commence at 10AM behind the VFW Post home at 44426 244th Ave. SE in Enumclaw. The public is invited to attend and bring American flags for proper disposal.
The United States Flag Code prescribes only one method of properly retiring worn flags; and that is to burn them with a prescribed ceremony. The VFW and Scouts will provide that ceremony and a safe burning process. This is the second year this ceremony has been conducted. Since last year we have received a large number of flags for proper retirement, and the three organizations are pleased to provide this service to the community.
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