Flag Retirement Drop Box Plans

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 drop box plans.

American flags that are worn faded or damaged can be respectfully disposed of in a drop box located in front of the lobby entrance at cmsd s headquarters at 290 paularino avenue costa mesa ca 92626. Flags for proper retirement. Flag retirement collection box francisco and his helpers installed a permanent outdoor box to collect deteriorated flags. Stan sarnocinski jr of the patriotic order sons of america washington camp 523 of eagleville stands by the drop off box used to collect tattered u s.

Over the course of the program we ve distributed 700 flag boxes to more than 550 counties across the country. Naco member exclusive benefit u s. We are 100 satisfied with the purchase of our flag retirement drop box. I have been contacted by a few organizations about the box after submitting a picture to the ohio american legion news.

Only full sized american flags are accepted in the drop box. We have emptied the box many times and have properly retired hundreds of flags of all sizes since we installed the box. The flags are periodically collected and retired by a local boy scout troop. Residents could drop off their flags in the box and scouts could.

Naco is honored to help counties ensure our nation s banner receives a proper retirement through the naco flag retirement program.