[anothersteve]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

I don't believe there are dumb questions. That said, here is a related "dumb" question.
Are you speaking of the small, sometimes plastic, little toy like flags, stapled to a stick and probably made in China, that you get out of the counter displays at the grocery or dollar store? If so, would these items be given the same treatment as an actual, flying from a flag pole in a military cemetery or by a government building?
I am ex-military and have great respect for our flag, but at what point does a representation of the flag (like a picture of one in the news paper) lose its status for special disposal methods. I truly don't know the answer, but can't imagine how a typical VFW post would handle the many thousands of little lawn ornament or lapel pin flags they might receive other than to burn them in a mass "grave". To me, that would be as disrespectful as tossing a flag in the trash IF these are considered "real" flags.
I ask here on the forum so that many people can be informed, and not just me.
Thank you.

I've found those small flags along roadways and have always picked them up and burned them.
I did look up your question and found this;
Options for retiring flags made of synthetics limited - News - The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC.

And this I never knew;


"How do you dispose of small American flags?
Cut the flag in half, vertically — do not cut into the blue star field. Place the two halves together and cut in half, horizontally. You will have four pieces of flag, one being the blue star field and the other three red and white stripes. Put the flag in a container and dispose of it properly."Sep 8, 2014

I still think it's more proper to burn them though.

Steve