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Re: Flag Retirement Ceremony
Jonah I Triebwasser (jonaht@JUNO.COM)
Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:46:44 EST
Our Troop just did a flag retirement ceremony with the local American
Legion. It was very moving. Some of the parents (of the 60s generation)
were surprised (and perhaps a bit uncomfortable) because flag burning had
a whole other connotation in their collage days.
YiS, Jonah Triebwasser, Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 128, Rhinebeck, NY, USA
"I used to be an Eagle . . ." NEII-83
mailto:JonahT@Juno.Com
Troop URL - http://www1.mhv.net/~jbrowne/troop128.htm
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:17:39 -0400 richard hihn
<rhihn@SCOTT.SKIDMORE.EDU> writes:
<snip>
>I have heard (though can't quote specifics) that other non-scouting
>organizations burn the flag, and that this is the accepted proper
>method of disposal.
>
>Dick Hihn
>
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