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A proper retirement

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on June 15, 2016 1:46 PM

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Dave Parker places a flag into one of the four barrels being used at Stoney Creek Park Tuesday night during the flag retirement ceremony organized by local Boy Scout groups to celebrate Flag Day.

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Clockwise from bottom, Tyler Jones, 8, and Andrew, 9, and Michael Cox wait to retire their first flags of the night.

The Boy Scouts are planning to make the flag retirement ceremony an annual event for Flag Day, with hopes that it will grow into a community event.