Scouts, American Legion retire American flags
Published 7:35 pm Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Scouts Seth Thomas, Tristan Duffy, Noah Gearey and Nikolus Bryant of Carrollton Troop 36 present their folded American flags.
Tom Mastaglio of American Legion Post 49, Scouts Seth Thomas, Tristan Duffy, Noah Gearey and Nikolas Bryant of Carrollton Troop 36 and Lucas Wells of Gloucester Troop 111 salute the pyre of worn and faded American flags.
Tristan Duffy of Scout Troop 36 and Gary Cassell, finance officer for American Legion Post 49 lay a torn American flag on the pyre.
Gary Cassell lights the fire.
The pyre burns.
American Legion Post 49 hosted a retirement ceremony on June 18 to properly dispose of faded and torn American flags. Scouts from Carrollton Troop 36 and Gloucester Troop 111 assisted Legion personnel in laying flags on a pyre, which was then burned.
