Politics & Government
Legislators Honor Flag Day In Trumbull
Legislators recently held an in-person flag collection event in Trumbull as part of a month-long flag drive for worn and tattered flags.
TRUMBULL, CT — To honor Flag Day, State Reps. David Rutigliano (R-123), Ben McGorty (R-122) and Tony Scott (R-112) recently held an in-person flag collection at Middlebrook Elementary School.
According to a news release provided by House Republicans, the collection event was part of a month-long flag drive in cooperation with the Trumbull American Legion Post #141 for worn and tattered flags.
There are still drop-off boxes at both the Trumbull Public Library and the Fairchild Nichols Memorial Library branches for the collection of worn, faded and tattered American flags, which culminates with a flag retirement ceremony on Flag Day, June 14.
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The Second Continental Congress adopted the first American flag on July 14, 1777, and President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 to be Flag Day in 1916. National Flag Day was then established by an Act of Congress in August 1949, according to House Republicans.
The U.S. Flag Code specifies that old American flags no longer in service must be properly disposed, according to House Republicans.
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