November 6, 2011 Flag Retirement Ceremony
We hope you were able to attend the flag retirement ceremony (sponsored by oldwornflag.com and the Dallas Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution) Sunday, November 6 at Flag Pole Hill in Dallas. Click here to view Dallas District 9 Councilman Sheffie Kadane's comments about, and photographs of the ceremony.
Click here for additional pictures of the event.
Throughout the year oldwornflag.com solicits worn and torn flags from homes,
schools, and businesses. We provide this as a free community service in
order to ensure that the flags are retired with the dignity they deserve. We
sponsor free public flag retirement ceremonies twice a year: on, or near
Flag Day and on, or near Veterans Day.
For many years, oldwornflag.com founder Jeanette Prasifka organized flag
retirement ceremonies during the State Fair of Texas on behalf of The Jane
Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). To see a
collection of pictures taken at these retirement ceremonies, click on the
2007 and 2008 links.
In 2009, as a result of two Dallas Morning News articles spotlighting
oldwornflag.com, Ms. Prasifka received an outpouring of flags needing
retirement. Hundreds of flags from all across the country were sent by
people entrusting her to retire their old, worn flags in a dignified and
respectful manner. As a result, a larger venue was needed to accommodate the
ceremony.
Believing it was important that the ceremony be a free, public event that
could be enjoyed by all, Ms. Prasifka arranged for the ceremonies to be
relocated to Flag Pole Hill in Dallas. To see pictures of ceremonies conducted at Flag Pole Hill, click on the 2009 and 2010 links. |
