Today the local VFW chapter disposed of old flags from around the county. Formal ceremony and the whatnot. I shot it and got enough shots that they decided to make a gallery on the website. I’d link, but its just these photos below anyways.
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| A polyester flag melts as it is disposed in a fire Friday afternoon. VFW Post 924 holds an annual ceremony to dispose flags from Calhoun County on Flag day, but this year they decided to hold it a day early. |
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| David Nichols of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Outpost 924 folds up a flag, preparing it for disposal by burning Friday afternoon. |
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| David Nichols folds up a flag before its disposal at the Anniston VFW Friday afternoon. |
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| David Nichols, right, folds up a flag with the help of James Coppola as Elmer Bailey, middle, watches on in the VFW parking lot Friday. |
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| Major Fouad K. Aide sports his decorations at the flag disposal ceremony at VFW Post 924 Friday. |
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| Vietnam Veterans Chapter 502 President Kennith Rollins, left, hands the first flag to be disposed to James E. Hibbitts. |
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| Vietnam Veterans Chapter 502 President Kennith Rollins plays the bugle as the first flag of the ceremony is disposed. |
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| Tom Terry pours kerosene on on a flag to aid in its disposal. |
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| Johnny New solutes a flag as it is disposed in a fire at VFW Post 924 Friday. |
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| Elmer Bailey watches as the fire destroy the first batch of flags that were disposed of Friday. The VFW disposed of approximately 80 flags total. |
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| Bigger flags were disposed of in the fire one-at-a-time, smaller flags were disposed of together. |
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| VFW members solute as the fire destroys each flag. |
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