Flag Retirement Box Plans

Drop off box offers way to retire tattered u s flags news.

Flag retirement box plans.

When folded into the traditional triangular shape a 5 x 9 6 burial flag measures roughly 11 tall and 22 across the base. To help people in his community life scout chip gaddis of troop 511 in medina ohio decided to build a flag retirement box. Flag retirement box thank you for your interest in caring for the american flag. The elevation drawing at right shows you the formula to use to decide on your box dimensions.

Flag retirement box plans. Flag retirement collection box francisco and his helpers installed a permanent outdoor box to collect deteriorated flags. Residents could drop off their flags in the box and scouts could. In practice a little length and width for the flag are lost in the folds and a nice fitting flag case often will measure 21 5 x 10 75.

Rather than fold it up in a box a flag case like the one built here can become the perfect honored resting place for a treasured family heirloom. Remember start with scrap wood and test the fit of your folded flag. All projects american flag disposal project kougar and his team made 5 flag retirement boxes and placed them in locations in north central montana. Over the course of the program we ve distributed 700 flag boxes to more than 550 counties across the country.

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