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Jun. 7—American Legion Post No. 705 of Yuba City is set to host a flag retirement ceremony for nearly 4,000 U.S. flags on Saturday in Sutter. Just days before the annual Flag Day holiday on June ...
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 ...
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 flag should never touch anything physically beneath it. [9] An urban myth claimed that if the flag touched the ground, it had to be destroyed under the Flag Code; however, it has been affirmed by the American Legion and state governments that this is not the case. [10] [11] The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or ...
Since the Second World War, the baseline of military retirement has been the 20-year retirement. [6] Under such a program, service members have been eligible for retirement payments after 20 years of active duty. [7] [8] Service members received a defined benefit payment upon retirement, payable until the death of the beneficiary. The benefit ...
The Presentation of Colours is a military ceremony that marks an anniversary or significant event in the history of a particular regiment or similar military unit. This involves the presentation of a new version of the regimental colour to a regiment or equivalent formation in their respective armed forces service branch.
Flags that should be retired can be dropped off this week at the Shelby Girl Scout House, 52 E. Maxwell Dr.
The Fort Sumter Flag is a historic United States flag with a distinctive, diamond-shaped pattern of 33 stars. When the main flagpole was felled by a shot during the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces, Peter Hart rushed to retrieve the flag and remount it on a makeshift pole.