Legion hosts flag-burning ceremony

Published by admin on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 11:09am

Members of the Monticello VFW and Legion took part in their annual flag burning ceremony on Aug. 13. They also grilled out and provided supper for those present. In front are Francis Wells, Tom Brighton, Ron Behrends, Arnie Allmand, Dennis Gray, and Denny Fear. Back row, Jim Coleman, David Tobiason, Elizabeth Hansen, Charlie Rigby, Doug Kramer, Mike Lambert, Marty Neofotist, and Marvin Schneider. (Photos by Kim Brooks)

Elizabeth Hansen of Monticello gives the prayer during the flag-burning ceremony on Aug. 13. Hansen, originally from Wyoming, is an Air Force veteran. She served from 2006-16.
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     On Aug. 13, the Monticello Legion held a flag-burning ceremony, as well as their annual picnic.

     A year’s worth of flags collected were properly retired, with the procedure following VFW regulations.

     The following words were read in honor of the American Flag during the ceremony:

     “Comrades, we have presented here these flags of our country which have been inspected and judged as unserviceable. They have reached their present state in a proper service of tribute, memory, and love

     “A flag may be a flimsy bit of printed gauze, or a beautiful banner of finest silk. Its intrinsic value may be trifling or great; but its real value is beyond price, for it is a precious symbol of all that we and our comrades have worked for and lived for, and died for – a free nation of free men and women, true to the faith of the past, devoted to the ideals and practice of justice, freedom, and democracy.

     “Let these faded flags of our country be retired and destroyed with respectful and honorable rites and their places be taken by bright new flags of the same size and kind, and let no grave of our solider, sailor, Marine or airman dead be unhonored and unmarked.”

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