Posted on 08/31/2008 4:17:55 PM PDT by Winged Hussar
Very telling...
I give the RATS credit for not burning them.
Most were probably embarrassed to have to wave them.
You missed the Rat's opening flag burning ceremony.
I wouldn't be so sure. If I waved a flag at a party convention, I would save the flag. Wouldn't you?
Interesting that no flags were visible for the first 2 1/2 days of the convention. Just prior to Bill Clinton’s speech and the Blogs bringing that to attention, everybody was waving a flag. There is a code for disposing of the flag and leaving it for the trash man is not one of the several options recommended.....!
This is an outrage.
They should have dropped these off at the nearest National Guard/Military facility for proper disposal.
These people don’t have any respect for the flag.
They’re socialists. What else is new.
I’d take it home and keep it w/ my RR pix.
obumpa
I was the Top Secret Control Officer at Minot AFB. I remember disposing of worn out flags on several occasions. We folded them in the "cocked hat" manner and placed them in the burn barrel. We stood at attention and sang "The Star Spangled Banner" while it was consumned!
They felt cheated. They didn’t get all 57 stars.
I doubt we’ll see a lot of discarded flags after the RNC. The Republican events I’ve been to have always had the attendees carrying their flags and other items proudly to their cars to bring them home (whether as souvenirs or for whatever other reason they choose). The events are left in a relatively clean condition and the attendees behave in a dignified manner. I’m not a Republican, though I am conservative, and there’s a huge gulf between the way our side acts versus the way the other side acts. But we’ll have to wait and see what the reality is in St. Paul.
What would constitute a dignified manner? I was in the military, but we never had a disposal ceremony. What would be the proper way for a regular civilian to dispose of old, battered flags?
This is beyond words.
Note: Most American Legion Posts regularly conduct a dignified flag burning ceremony, often on Flag Day, June 14th. Many Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and Girl Scout Troops retire flags regularly as well. Contact your local American Legion Hall or Scout Troop to inquire about the availability of this service
Thanks. I’ll do that. My conscience could never let me just throw a flag away.
Bump
AND BUMP AGAIN. WE TOLD THIS STORY OVER A WEEK AGO.
It is also proper to cut a flag up. Cutting it into small pieces so that it no longer represents a flag at all. Then it can be disposed of in the trash. I was taught that when my husband was in military service. It is a practice that is accepted totally. You don’t always have to burn a flag, as sometimes that is dangerous and impossible.
As noted, the best approach is probably to contact the American Legion or the Boy Scouts, since those groups will be more than happy to help you out.
More generally, I think the idea is that the flag must be kept from touching the ground, or any sort of refuse, until the materials involved in its making are sufficiently destroyed as to no longer be a flag. Even then, the ashes should be kept from touching any sort of refuse until such time as they are no longer distinguishable from earth (typically this is accomplished by burial). I don't think there's any requirement that the place where the ashes are buried be regarded as hallowed ground beforehand or afterward, but I would expect the ashes would have pretty well been absorbed into the soil before a place got reused as a landfill.
Oh...don’t you know the flags that were found on 8/31/08 were not touching the ground....they were laying on top of the garbage in the white trash bags....not rolled nice neat as they were in the black garbage bags. The ones that I first saw were definately in the the GARBAGE!!! The idiot kids that support the Big “O” for the most part could probably care less about “Old Glory”! That should tell you where their heads are at!!!
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