David Rutigliano

Trumbull Legislators Sponsoring a Retired Flag Collection

TRUMBULL- With Flag Day a little more than a month away, it is the perfect time to properly retire your worn, faded and tattered American flags as you prepare to put on fresh new displays of the Stars and Stripes. State Reps. David Rutigliano (R-123), Ben McGorty (R-122) and Tony Scott (R-112) are encouraging Trumbull residents to dispose of their worn American flags in a dignified and respectful way.

The three lawmakers have made the flag collection an annual tradition for the last eight years to commemorate Flag Day.

The Trumbull legislators have provided three locations that residents can drop off their worn American flags for proper ceremonial disposal according to the U.S. Flag Code plus an additional day to drop flags off to the State Representatives.  Drop-off locations will receive flags from May 1^st – June 13^th.

The drop-off locations are:

• Trumbull Town Hall, 5866 Main Street, Trumbull
• Trumbull Library, 33 Quality Street, Trumbull
• Fairchild-Nichols Memorial Library on 1718 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull

Additionally, the Trumbull lawmakers will host a drive-up flag collection for your worn and tattered flags at the Middlebrook Elementary School on 220 Middlebrooks Avenue in Trumbull on Sunday June 8th from 9:00am-11:00am.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress passing a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation” by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day.

The U.S. Flag Code specifies that old American flags no longer in service must be properly disposed. The collected flags will be given to the American Legion Post #141 for proper retirement during a ceremony on June 14.

For additional information please call (800) 842-1423.