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Jonesborough: Flag Retirement Ceremony
Every year Jonesborough’s Flag Committee along with the Daniel Boone High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC host a flag retirement ceremony. This year’s ceremony takes place on Sunday, October 29 at 2 p.m. at Jonesborough Town Hall, located at 123 Boone Street.
The ceremony will include a keynote address by Rep. Rebecca Alexander. Following the keynote address, the Daniel Boone Junior ROTC will conduct the official retirement of American flags that have been torn, faded, replaced and are no longer in use.
A Congressional Research Service report to Congress found the Flag Code specifies that flags be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. Flags to be retired are folded in the traditional triangular form.
“The flags are properly burned on a bed of hickory coals and the ashes are then buried,” Jonesborough Flag Com
Flag drop off boxes are located at the David Crockett High School, Food City in Gray, TN. and Jonesborough Post Office.
For more information about Jonesborough’s Flag Retirement
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