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Retiring Flags on Flag Day
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Dennis Swank, Monroe, a member of Zilmer-Riley Post 84, holds a couple of worn flags to be properly disposed of in a Flag Day ceremony at the American Legion June 14. - photo by Marissa Weiher

The American Legion collects worn flags throughout the year from the public and disposes of them in a ceremony on Flag Day, which was Thursday. There were nearly 1,000 flags to be properly retired this year at the American Legion 

Zilmer-Riley Post 84 in Monroe.