Retiring old flags

A small crowd gathered Wednesday, on Veterans Day, in front of the Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Hall and witnessed Girl Scout Ella Weber, 10, and Boy Scout Wyatt Lage, 16, ceremonially place one of the first well-used American flags into the fire.|

A small crowd gathered Wednesday, on Veterans Day, in front of the Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Hall and witnessed Girl Scout Ella Weber, 10, and Boy Scout Wyatt Lage, 16, ceremonially place one of the first well-used American flags into the fire. When a flag is ready for retirement, the most common method is to respectfully, and with dignity, burn it to ashes. The event was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bear Flag Post 1943.

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