COAL TOWNSHIP - Coal Township Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 317 will hold its flag retirement ceremony on Flag Day Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. at the Coal Township Municipal Building.
The ceremony is open to the public, who are encouraged to attend and bring any old or tattered flags to be properly retired. The public is welcome to bring lawn chairs because there is no seating available.
In July 2003, the Coal Township VFW dedicated a flag drop-off box in front of the township's municipal building on Lynn Street, giving the public a place to drop off flags for a proper disposal. Each week, a member of the post collects the flags and stores them until a retirement ceremony is held.
The post has collected more than 100,000 flags.
Members of the Shamokin American Legion Post 73 and the Ladies Auxiliary will help with the ceremony, which will end with the playing of patriotic music.
The Coal Township VFW would like to express its gratitude to the Coal Township Board of Commissioners and the Maine Fire Company for their help with this ceremony.