Flag retirement ceremony set for Friday, June 14

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Flag Day is Friday, June 14, and American Legion Post #49 of Monticello will be conducting a retirement ceremony for U.S. flags that are no longer serviceable. Do you have a flag that needs to be respectfully retired? The Post has set up a collection barrel on the front porch of the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, located at 420 W. Washington St. To have your flag included in the Flag Day ceremony, please drop it off by Thursday, June 13. All local residents are invited to participate in the Post's flag retirement ceremony, which begins at 5 p.m. on June 14 and lasts until 6 p.m. The Flag Day retirement ceremony will be conducted in ac