Name: AmVets retires worn flags on Flag Day, 2004
Start: 2004-06-14
End: 2004-06-14
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-06-14
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationcommunitymilitarypublic-service
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On Flag Day 2004, approximately a dozen AmVets members retired two boxes of worn flags in a ceremony focused on the harbor, then arranged for new flags to be installed along Main Street and Michigan Avenue.

Evidence limits

The Beacon describes the local ceremony but does not identify the governing flag-disposal protocol.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Am Vets Retire Worn Flags."
Reports about a dozen AmVets retiring two boxes of worn flags by fire, followed by hot dogs, and later installing replacement flags. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the illustrated ceremony report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “AmVets retires worn flags on Flag Day, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amvets-flag-retirement-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Am Vets Retire Worn Flags." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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