Two flag drop-off stations now available in Shiner

Shiner’s American Legion Post 201 now has two flag collection boxes for those with old flags that need to be retired.

The first has been located at the old red brick City Hall building for a few months now, just to the right of the police department’s front door, and the newest one was installed last month in front of the American Legion Hall, located at 1972 Highway 90A East, just east of the Shiner city limits.

According to the Flag Code approved by Congress and signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on June  22, 1942, unserviceable flags (meaning they are “in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display”) should be “destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”

Local legion members meet annually on Flag Day for the formal flag disposal ceremony, as set forth in the Code.