{"id":1878,"date":"2018-06-05T06:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2018-06-05T06:59:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:59:38","slug":"flag-retirement-ceremony-to-be-held-on-flag-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Flag Retirement Ceremony to be held on Flag Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445-650x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445-650x362.jpg 650w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FlagRetirement1000px-800x445.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Flag code states that, \u201cthe flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.\u201d Thus, when a flag is torn and tattered beyond repair, it\u2019s time for it to be retired.<\/p>\n<p>On Flag Day, Thursday Jun 14, the Ely American Legion will conduct a flag retirement ceremony and honorably retire unserviceable flags.  The ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m.  Community members are asked to bring flags in need of retirement to the Legion Hall on Flag Day and are invited to stay and observe the solemn ceremony. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Flag code states that, \u201cthe flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.\u201d Thus, when a flag is torn &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=1878\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}