[Robin Hickman]

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All you have to do is speak from your heart, plain & true.


Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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[Ken Zarnecki]

As a scout troop there is a site out there that has many ideas for any kind of scouting and they have a retirment ceremony that I think would fit your need. Check out this site USSSP: Ceremonies - Flag Retiring 2

[Marine]

Just wish to thank all of you for responding in such a short notice. Thank again and happy Veterans Day to all

[staplers88]

Originally Posted by groversmith@hotmail.com

There is no specific law for U.S. flag disposal except it be done in a respectful manner . Several good ceremonies have be suggested already . Let me explain the reasoning of disassembling the fag 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 .

I can understand the thought process behind this, but cutting away the Union seems excessive and unnecessary. The flag should be burned as a whole, not disassembled then burned.

I like this ceremony, from the National Flag Foundation:
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/flagretirement.htm