Flag Day Retirement Ceremony To Be Held In RSM: What To Know

Press release from the City of Rancho Santa Margarita:

The annual Flag Day retirement ceremony will be held Friday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. outside the Bell Tower near Central Park. The ceremony is held to properly destroy—by burning—worn, damaged, or otherwise unserviceable American Flags in a dignified manner in accordance with The United States Flag Code, which reads: As a revered symbol of freedom and justice, the flag of the United States of America needs to be treated with the utmost respect. This respect extends to the flag's eventual retirement and destruction.

Worn or unserviceable flags can be disposed of properly throughout the year in the flag box receptacle located in the lobby of the Bell Tower Regional Community Center.

Call Community Services at (949) 216-9700 for more information.

This press release was produced by the City of Rancho Santa Margarita. The views expressed here are the author’s own.