April 16, 2009At the General Membership Meeting on Monday, April 13, 2009, the Members passed the proposal of purchasing 100 more Flags for our Flag Exchange Program.
The United States Flag Exchange Day on June 28, 2008 went fairly well considering our informational ad was run for only one day in the Sunday June 22, 2008 Plymouth Observer. It did not appear in the Canton Observer nor was it able to be shown on the community boards for Plymouth and Canton by Comcast Cable. I would like to thank those workers who helped today during the 6 hour event. Don Dignan, Jim Hodgson, Doug Fox, Gary Kubik, Ron King. Gary Boucher was there with Product sales and special customers Ron Dillingham, Jerry Thomason and Judy Thomason providing moral support.
The Flag Exchange was very successful. All of the flags are now gone. There is talk about doing this program again at a future date. Here is some information found on the identified website listed: Identified Website http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/flagetiq.html
NOTE: Flags that are not made of cloth or felt are no longer allowed to be burned due to the material being identified as hazardous to individuals and the environment. Initially those flags were required to be buried but there is a recycle program available where 100% of the material can be recycled and used to produce new flags.
What I should do with my old flag?
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Thanks!
Bob Dew, Treasurer
VVA-528
bdewman@sbcglobal.net
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On October 18th The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6695 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 528 along with Boy Scouts of America Troop 1535 had an American Flag retirement ceremony. This was the end product of a five month project for Alex Kucinski to become an Eagle Scout. The Veterans Groups purchased 220 American made 3'x5' flags to be exchanged for old flags that needed to be retired. The scouts assisted in the swapping of the flags and put on the program for the retirement complete with rifle salute and taps. We retired almost 500 flags. The audience (50) participated by each person adding a stripe or field to the fire. Alex Kucinski and Scout Master Ed Kucinski did a great job. The honor guard for the Post Colors are: Jay Drennen, Musashi, Daniel Wade, Kevin Sander, Ezera Chila of Troop1535 from the Hix Rd. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The rest of the honor guard are Bob Lamouruex, Jerry Thomason, Joe Agius and Rick Ciaramitaro. We still have some flags left to exchange. Contact Gary Kubik at the Post or call 459-6700. Bring in your old 3'x5' flag and get a new one free. We are also still accepting "cell phones for soldiers". You can check out the web site VVA. Thanks to Gary "Bear" Kubik for the photos! The Ceremony took place at the V.F.W.'s Parking Lot on Saturday, October 18th. Thanks to Gary "Ouch" Boucher for building the container where people could drop off their old flags and exchange them for new flags.
