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Burning the Flag.

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TwoBills

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Some members of my family have maintained cemetaries for the last 100 years. In doing so, many old, tattered flags, from the graves of those who served, had to be disposed of, so that new flags could be put up for Memorial Day.
We always went to the old stone quarry, a quiet, well groomed, private place on our property, built a fire out of the shafts that held the old flags, and burned them, one by one. All were quiet, as we watched the colors disipate into the air. Some stories, from the old timers, were told, and the kids instinctivly knew this was something that required their quiet attention.
Well, I'm in the city now. On 911 I took it upon myself to display the flag. I mounted it upon the peak of the house, put a light on it for night time illumination, and let it fly. I have noticed lately that the old flag is getting a bit tattered, so today the old flag is coming down and a new one is going up in its place.
The old and tattered flag will be properly folded and transported to that old stone quarry, to join the flags of our fallen soldiers.
 
Originally posted by: Bowmaster
Ummm... And that makes you a good American?
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At least he's treating the flag with the honor and respect it deserves, not like the other "foul weather" patriots who came out of the woodwork, mounted the flag on thier fricking CAR and haven't replaced it since. It's painful to see the amount of flags displayed improperly or that have been severely damaged and not replaced.

It irritates me to see the flag treated so disrespectfully, it is a living symbol of our country, and should be treated with reverance as dictated by the flag code.
 
Was gonna call you an azzhat ... when I read the title.... but after reading your post, I salute you.

The topic title certainly is an attention getter!

🙂
 
I disposed of a few hundred flags as part of my Eagle Scout project. Surprisingly, there is no one set method of ceremony or burning. The closes thing I could find was that generally you want to separate the blue field from the stripes and burn the stripes first. Some organizations also separate each individual stripe, but since I was handling so many flags that just wasn't feasible.
 
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