CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) The Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization (VSO) along with Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 457 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4895 held their annual Flag Day Retirement Ceremony at the VFW post on Flag Day Thursday.
Hundreds of worn, damaged, or otherwise non-serviceable American flags were properly destroyed, by burning, in a dignified manner. Clarksville Fire Rescue Firefighters from Station #3 were on hand at the ceremony as a safety precaution as the flags were burned.
For future Flag Day Retirement Ceremonies, flags can be dropped off between 8 a.m. & 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday at the VSO office, 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 308, in Veterans Plaza.