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Flag retirement ceremony
A Flag Retirement ceremony was held June 14 at the VFW Fighting McCooks Post 3301 on Chase Rd., Carrollton. Commander James Newbold offered a brief history of Flag Day, which was officially established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. Newbold noted, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution June 14, 1777. The resolution states, “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white” and “the union