Veteran’s Voices: The Girl Scouts and a local waste site team up to properly retire flags
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – American flags are flown loud and proud throughout the nation and the world, but they are not immortal. Like all other material items, time and weather wears on its colors and fabric. Travis Kiblinger is the executive director for the Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority. He wanted his waste site to […]
Special boxes at Woodlawn and Greenwood cemeteries will collect flags for proper disposal
ZANESVILLE − This Memorial Day holiday visitors to Woodlawn Cemetery, 603 Pershing Road, and Greenwood Cemetery, 1413 Greenwood Ave., will see new additions to the military sections of the graveyards — flag boxes. “The goal is to provide a place where people can dispose of the flags in a respectable way,” said Cemetery Superintendent Howard Bailey. ...
Is Burning The American Flag One Way To Respectfully Dispose Of It?
If you are looking to swap out a tattered or worn American flag, there are several ways to dispose of it properly. Is one of the respectful ways to dispose of the stars and stripes burning it? The answer is yes but there are rules you will need to follow.