Port Huron, MI — The St. Clair County Department of Veterans Affairs office, located in the County Administration Building, has installed a flag retirement box for proper disposal of United States flags.
The County Administration Building is located at 200 Grand River Avenue in Suite 104.
County residents can retire flags that are no longer fit to fly because of tearing, fraying, or worn condition by folding them respectfully and dropping them off at Veterans Affairs.
According to the The United States Flag Code, the “flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.” Therefore it should be destroyed in a dignified way when it is no longer a “fitting emblem of display”.
The Department of VA will take flags from the retirement box to the American Legion post 8 to be properly disposed of in their annual ceremony.
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
