PHOTOS: Retirement for ‘Old Glory’

June 22, 2022 1:30 am
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member Junior American Citizens, carries a used flag for incineration on June 14 at the Northwest Veterans Service Center in Port Angeles on Flag Day. Overseeing the burning were Ginny Sturgeon, left, and Jan Urfer, right, members of the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which co-hosted the event with the Clallam County Veterans Association. Eleven used cotton flags were burned during Tuesday’s Flag Retirement Ceremony. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member Junior American Citizens, carries a used flag for incineration on June 14 at the Northwest Veterans Service Center in Port Angeles on Flag Day. Overseeing the burning were Ginny Sturgeon, left, and Jan Urfer, right, members of the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which co-hosted the event with the Clallam County Veterans Association. Eleven used cotton flags were burned during Tuesday’s Flag Retirement Ceremony. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Veteran Dick Bennet (U.S. Navy Captain, ret.), pictured with Junior American Citizen Mazie Konopaski, properly disposes of a U.S. flag at a flag retirement ceremony in Port Angeles on June 14. Also pictured, from left, are Ginny Sturgeon and Jan Urfer, Michael Trebert Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution members. The ceremony was hosted for the first time in the city with chapter members, children of DAR’s Junior American Citizens clubs and veterans from across the county. Submitted photo

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member Junior American Citizens, carries a used flag for incineration on June 14 at the Northwest Veterans Service Center in Port Angeles on Flag Day. Overseeing the burning were Ginny Sturgeon, left, and Jan Urfer, right, members of the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which co-hosted the event with the Clallam County Veterans Association. Eleven used cotton flags were burned during Tuesday’s Flag Retirement Ceremony. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Bill Hughes of the American Legion Riders from Post 29 in Port Angeles plays the bugle at the American Legion Jack Grennan Post 62 on Tuesday during the Flag Day “Dignified Disposal of Unserviceable Flags” in Sequim. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Bill Hughes of the American Legion Riders from Post 29 in Port Angeles plays the bugle at the American Legion Jack Grennan Post 62 on Tuesday during the Flag Day “Dignified Disposal of Unserviceable Flags” in Sequim. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Bill Hughes of the American Legion Riders from Post 29 in Port Angeles plays the bugle at the American Legion Jack Grennan Post 62 on Tuesday during the Flag Day “Dignified Disposal of Unserviceable Flags” in Sequim. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen