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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 10, 2015 7A
GRAND OLE FLAG
Flag Day brings reminders about how to treat Old Glory with respect, retire torn flags
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Steve
Moser learned in his youth about
respecting the Flag of the United
States of America.
“It’s something that’s stressed in
the Boy Scouts,” he said, now a
Scout Master for Troop 38 in Mon-
mouth and Independence. “My fa-
ther died when I was 11, so scout-
ing has pretty much been ….
That’s how I got to go camping
and do those kinds of things.”
The Boy Scouts of America is
one of three groups authorized to
retire an old flag properly: by
burning.
“If it’s torn and tattered, you can
give it to a Boy Scout group or the
AMVETS or the Elks, and they will
make sure
they get dis-
posed of
properly,”
Moser said.
“We’ll do
that on Flag
Day.”
This year,
the Scouts
in Troop 38
will retire
flags at the Independence Elks
Lodge at 5 p.m. on Saturday, be-
cause Flag Day is on Sunday. The
ceremony is open to the public.
“When we dispose of the flags,
we do the burning ceremony,”
Moser said. “After everything has
cooled off, I take all the grommets
from the flags, wash them off and
clean them, and give them back to
the Elks. They give them to the
veterans. They like getting the
grommets from flags that have
been retired.”
Once the flags have been cere-
Show
Respect
According to “Our Flag,” by
the Joint Committee on Print-
ing United States Congress,
no disrespect should be
shown to the flag of the Unit-
ed States of America. The flag
should not be dipped to any
person or thing. Regimental
colors, state flags, and organi-
zational or institutional flags
are to be dipped as a mark of
honor.
moniously burned, they must be
disposed of properly, but the
guidelines printed by the Joint
Committee on
Printing United
States Con-
gress, who pub-
lishes “Our
Flag,” doesn’t
define “proper-
ly.”
Moser said
he always looks
for places the
ashes will be
well cared for, such as flower beds
around a church.
“I like to find a nice resting
place for the flags,” he said.
One time, the Scouts did a re-
tirement ceremony for flags at a
retirement center. Organizers
asked that the ashes of those flags
be disposed of in the flowerbeds
at the center, Moser recalled.
According to “Our Flag,” the flag
represents the nation itself.
“This flag, which we honor and
under which we serve, is the em-
blem of our unity, our power, our
JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer file
A ceremony will be held Saturday at the Independence Elks Lodge to retire old flags properly.
thought and purpose as a nation,”
said Pres. Woodrow Wilson in a
1917 Flag Day message.
With such high importance
comes many dos and don’ts on
how to display the flag and how it
should be used.
Among the “don’ts” is to imprint
the flag on any clothing, paper
napkin or paper plate.
“People are going to do it,”
Moser said. “We hope they’re
going to do it the right way.”
However, because of numerous
complaints after last year’s Fourth
of July parade in Monmouth and
Independence, Moser, who also is
president of Central Lions Club,
said the Lions will stop their long-
standing tradition of handing out
American flags along the parade
route this year.
“Too many people complained
they weren’t taking care of them,”
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Children $6.75 • Senior $7.00
Pricing does not reflect
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ENTOURAGE (Digital) (R)
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SPY (Digital) (R)
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JURASSIC WORLD (Digital 2D) (PG13)
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INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3 (Digital) (PG13) (12:50 3:05 5:20)
SAN ANDREAS (Digital 2D) (PG13)
(11:35 2:10 4:50)
TOMORROWLAND (Digital) (PG)
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ALOHA (Digital) (PG13)
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Disney’s INSIDE OUT (Digital 2D) (PG)
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Moser said. “We tried to give them
to adults. I’m sure there’s a lot of
people who liked it, but a lot of
people didn’t treat the flag appro-
priately.”
If you have an old flag that
needs to be retired, bring it to the
ceremony at the Independence
Elks Lodge on Main Street at 5
p.m. on Saturday. Moser said he
and the Scouts of Troop 38 will
take care of it properly.
ROBERT F. WILLEY
M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
Physician • Family Practice
Dr. Willey is retiring
from his practice after 42 years.
Please join us for an
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June 30, 2015
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