Assistant Scout leader Bob Peyman, left, helps Jack Matthews, ten, deposit a flag into the fire pit during a flag retirement ceremony at Valhalla Cemetery in Belleville, IL. Boy Scout troops 12 and 35 as well as packs 12 and 43 helped organise the event which is in its third year. Last year the group gathered over 1,000 worn out flags from the community and were expecting to retire more than 600 at this year’s event. |
