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AMVETS Post 46 holds Beaver Island flag retirement ceremony, 2008

Also AMVETS Post 46 flag burning 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-06-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2008-06-14
Kind
Celebration
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
militaryheritagecommunitycelebration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

AMVETS Post 46 held a flag-retirement ceremony on 14 June 2008 at Doug Hartle’s home. The July report describes a solemn roll call of the original thirteen states, Taps, 18 veterans, and roughly two dozen observers.

Evidence limits

The source records the ceremony as a community report and does not identify every participant or provide an organizational register.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "AMVETS Post 46 Flag Burning".
    Reports a June 14 ceremony at Commander Doug Hartle's home in which damaged flags were retired with a roll call of the original thirteen states, Taps, 18 veterans, and about two dozen onlookers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the ceremony report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “AMVETS Post 46 holds Beaver Island flag retirement ceremony, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amvets-flag-burning-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "AMVETS Post 46 Flag Burning". (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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