Flag retirement ceremony
Boy Scout Troop 394 hosted a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Jackson Plantation Site in Lake Jackson. The Lake Jackson Historical Association asked the troop if they could retire two of their flags at the plantation site. The troop expanded the ceremony and retired any flags donated to them by the community by cutting up and burning them.
Sherrie Ezell holds her grandkids, Reese, 4, and Owen, 7, as her husband, Larry, kneels while observing a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Jackson Plantation Site. The kids, who live in Houston, attended the event with their grandparents.
Joshua Richardson, 15, cuts apart an American flag during a flag retirement ceremony conducted Saturday by his Boy Scout troop 394 at the Jackson Plantation Site. “The flag is a symbol of all the freedoms that you and I enjoy,” said Scoutmaster Sammy Johnson.
Joshua Richardson, 15, cuts apart an American flag during a flag retirement ceremony ceremony Saturday hosted by his Boy Scout troop 394 at the Jackson Plantation Site in Lake Jackson. The troop has had flag retirement ceremonies before, but usually during their weekly meetings.
Boy Scout Troop 394 members raise their hands as they recite the Boy Scout Oath before beginning a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at Jackson Plantation Site in Lake Jackson. “It teaches the boys a lot about citizenship,” Scoutmaster Sammy Johnson said of having his Boy Scout troop hold the ceremonies.
Joshua Richardson, 15, places part of an American flag into a fire as his Boy Scout troop properly disposes of old flags at a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Jackson Plantation Site. “To us, that flag means a lot,” Scoutmaster Sammy Johnson said.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 394 fold up the blue part of American flags as they prepare to retire them Saturday during a ceremony at the Jackson Plantation Site. The Lake Jackson Historical Society asked the troop to host the ceremony, burning the flags donated by the community that needed proper disposal.
A member of Boy Scout troop 394 tosses a piece of an American flag into the fire during a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Jackson Plantation Site. The proper way to dispose of an old American flag is to cut the flag in pieces and burn it, the blue section first, followed by the red stripes and then the white.
Timothy Richardson, 14, grips the blue section of an old American flag before placing it in a fire Saturday during a flag retirement ceremony at the Jackson Plantation Site in Lake Jackson. The troop took donations from the community of flags that needed to be retired, including old flags from Chick-Fil-A.
Scoutmaster Sammy Johnson helps his Boy Scout Troop 394 members sort the red stripes from the white during a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Jackson Plantation Site. Prior to the ceremony, the American flags were cut up by section before being burned.
Matthew Richardson, 11, tosses a piece of an American flag into the fire during Saturday a flag retirement ceremony at the Jackson Plantation Site. Richardson’s Boy Scout troop usually has the ceremonies about twice a year at their weekly meetings, but had one at the plantation site after a request from the Lake Jackson Historical Association.
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