A local Boy Scout recently earned his highest honor: building an American flag box to house retired flags. “The idea is a flag retirement box — so you retire the American flag the right way,” said ...

But when the community loses these servicemen and women, their family is gifted a folded American flag. The Fremont Area Veterans Coalition is a nonprofit that makes sure families have a shadow ...

Thanks to a few students in Carbon County, a private community will have a place where people can retire old and tattered American flags.

The box will sit outside of American Legion 180 Zachary Taylor on Shelbyville Road. Anyone is welcome to drop off their old American flag. SAINT MATTHEWS, Ky. — ...

The Fourth of July weekend may be over, but there is still plenty of patriotism in the air in Panama City. Monday, University of West Florida rising sophomore Kaial Hajik unveiled a U.S. flag disposal ...

“It’s a special day for myself and all the veterans in our area at the post and other organizations,” American Legion Post One Cmdr. Karl Christensen said. Christensen served 28 years in the Coast ...

So far, more than 300 flags have been collected in just five days, and they will all be properly retired.

Deputy Edouard Gast, Jr., a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, came up with the idea of bringing a drop box for unserviceable American flags to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office a few years ago ...

Mar. 23—Residents who want to dispose of their tattered or worn American flag can now place it in one of two specially marked drop-off boxes. The Robert S. Thurman American Legion Post 13 has ...

A new plaque is added to the American Flag disposal box, which was created by Neenah WWII veteran Al Jansen. The plaque and a photo of Jansen was added and re-dedicated on May 23, 2025. (WLUK) ...

Worn American flags can be retired properly at designated drop boxes at four Apple Valley Fire Stations. Residents can drop off their flags at Station 331, Station 332, Station 336, and Station 337.