When American flags become worn, faded, or torn, there is one approved method to dispose of them — and that is to burn them.

DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. (WEVV) — Hundreds of American flags will soon be respectfully retired in a service at Panther Creek Park.

The Fort Oglethorpe Veterans and Citizens Committee will partner again with the Catoosa County Fire Department to host a flag ...

Woody and Nelsen funeral homes delivered the flags for their program, which gave people ... the Virginia War Memorial demonstrated a flag retirement ceremony, which allows for the proper disposal ...

a local veterans organization held a special retirement ceremony for worn and torn American flags. American Legion Post 112 in Pearl held the dignified ceremony on Saturday morning to incinerate 100 ...

The flags collected in the American Flag Rescue Program are sorted out ... team burn hundreds of flags during what's called a retirement ceremony, feeding them carefully into fires lit in several ...

Regardless of the chosen procedure, respect is of utmost importance and is the main purpose in flag retirement ceremonies. The South Haven post is located at 429 West County Road 750 North.

Several other DAR members participated in the ceremony as they led ... Cadets also participated in the program by reading lines from the flag retirement poem "Though I Fly No More" by Barbara ...

At 5:30 p.m. Monday outside The American Legion, 2263 3rd Ave. in Columbus, the local chapter will have a flag retirement ceremony that is open to the public. The plan, according to longtime ...