BRUNSWICK
Brunswick American Legion Post 20 is conducting a public flag retirement ceremony, noon Saturday at the Joshua Chamberlain statue on the upper mall.
The Legion Post has installed flag collection boxes at Hannaford and Wal-Mart stores to collect U.S. flags that have become worn and unsuitable for display. With the assistance of Brunswick Boy Scout Troop 648, Post 20 members will properly destroy the flags in accordance with the Legion’s traditional, ceremonial procedure.
The U.S Flag Code requires that when a U.S. flag is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified, ceremonial way, preferably by burning.
Brunswick residents that may have worn and unserviceable flags are invited to drop them off at one of the collection boxes before Saturday.
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