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re: Dignified Flag Retirement
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:56 am to DLauw
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:56 am to DLauw
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I find it a bit hard to just toss the Stars and Stripes in the fire pit.
Cornell Law School's link to the US Code on the Flag
Cliffs:
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The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
In a symbolic gesture, when I was a Boy Scout - we carefully separated the stripes from the field - and then the individual stripes from each other - at that point - it is no longer a flag, but it's component parts. Then burn those pieces.
You can go so far as separating each star from each other - but, most will not take that measure.
I would not "throw it in the fire pit" - I would make sure I had a good, really hot fire roaring first, to make sure it is consumed quickly and completely.
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:02 pm to Ace Midnight
The reasoning of disassembling the flag though I have never heard of the cutting up of the stripes , more commonly is the separation of the Union (star field) from the stripes . Most merely remove the Union by cutting the field away. with the union gone you have a red and white striped cloth left and a white stared blue cloth neither being the US flag any longer . That is the purpose of flag disassembly .
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 12:03 pm
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