Flag Retirement Box Plans

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Flag retirement box plans.

Naco is honored to help counties ensure our nation s banner receives a proper retirement through the naco flag retirement program. Flag retirement box thank you for your interest in caring for the american flag. Rather than fold it up in a box a flag case like the one built here can become the perfect honored resting place for a treasured family heirloom. The elevation drawing at right shows you the formula to use to decide on your box dimensions.

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Flag retirement collection box francisco and his helpers installed a permanent outdoor box to collect deteriorated flags. Drop off box offers way to retire tattered u s flags news. To help people in his community life scout chip gaddis of troop 511 in medina ohio decided to build a flag retirement box. Over the course of the program we ve distributed 700 flag boxes to more than 550 counties across the country.

Residents could drop off their flags in the box and scouts could. When folded into the traditional triangular shape a 5 x 9 6 burial flag measures roughly 11 tall and 22 across the base.