Flag Retirement Ceremony - Sixty Second Flag Tribute
| Category: | Flag Retirements - 03 Main |
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| Props: | Multiple U.S. flags for retirement |
| Props: | fire pit or multiple fire pits |
| Props: | volunteers/readers for flag tributes |
| Props: | timer or stopwatch (optional) |
| Notes: | Efficient ceremony for retiring many flags with short historical tributes for each |
| Notes: | Ideal for large Scout events or mass flag collections, allowing individual respect in under a minute per flag |
This ceremony is suitable when a large mass of flags must be retired, and it is preferable that each flag has a
short history or tribute. There is time for an approximately 60 second reading of the origin or history of each
flag.
The fire must be very hot. Each flag is unfurled and added to the fire until completely consumed, then the next
flag is added. It should be possible to retire a flag every 60 to 75 seconds. Limit the ceremony to about 30
minutes or less. You can also have multiple fire pits to retire flags in parallel.