VFW holds ceremony for retired flags

  • VFW holds ceremony for retired flags
    VFW holds ceremony for retired flags
  • UNFLAGGING RESPECT Post VFW member Tim Lawrence helps with proper disposal of American flags brought to the organization throughout the year by schools, pos offices, government institutions, and other organizations and individuals. | LACEY REITER | POST DISPATCH
    UNFLAGGING RESPECT Post VFW member Tim Lawrence helps with proper disposal of American flags brought to the organization throughout the year by schools, pos offices, government institutions, and other organizations and individuals. | LACEY REITER | POST DISPATCH

    The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has been a part of the Post community since as early as 1947. One of its time-honored traditions is the flag retirement ceremony.

    “This is what we fight for, and it deserves a proper burial,” said Tim Lawrence, current commander of Post 6797. “This ceremony is the only proper way to dispose of and bury a flag,” United States Air Force veteran Charles “Chuck” Ratli…