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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.
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Thanks Gary "Bear Kubik" for the photos!
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.
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