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Flags that should be retired can be dropped off this week at the Shelby Girl Scout House, 52 E. Maxwell Dr.
Old Glory is a nickname for the flag of the United States. The original "Old Glory" was a flag owned by the 19th-century American sea captain William Driver (March 17, 1803 – March 3, 1886). He flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee , where he settled.
For the first time, the funeral home offered a flag retirement ceremony. It was open to all area veterans posts. Participating were Monroe Post 1138, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Dundee Post 6462 ...
From its origins amid the American Revolution to the nightmare of 9/11, learn about the milestones marked by the red, white and blue of the American flag.
"Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter" was a ceremony—a newspaper called it a "performance"—that took place at Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, April 14, 1865, four years almost to the day after the Fort Sumter Flag was lowered at the beginning of the American Civil War.
Oct. 10—There will be a flag retirement ceremony for several United States flags that have flown over the community at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 between the Chris Kyle Memorial and the VA clinic, at the ...
The "Birthplace of Old Glory", a 1909 photograph of Betsy Ross House The gravestone of Betsy Ross and her third husband John Claypoole in the Betsy Ross House complex. Over the years, various structural changes and general wear and tear left the house in dire need of restoration.
These questions will be answered when John Benning Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution conducts a flag folding demonstration and flag retirement ceremony honoring the Flag of the United ...