Flag Day...
by News Department on 06/15/15Flag Day was celebrated Sunday, commemorating the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress and the American Legion Bernard J. Dolan Post 434 conducted its third annual flag retirement ceremony, marking the occasion.
More than 600 worn and tattered American flags were retired at the ceremony, held at Memorial Field.
According to Legion officials, the flag retirement ceremony provides a uniform, dignified way to dispose of unserviceable flags that have been flown at veterans posts, homes and other buildings or have marked the graves of veterans of military service in times of war and peace.
Flag Day also marks the anniversary of the Army, which Congress created on June 14, 1775.
