Community Corner
American Flag drop-off boxes are available for proper retirement
With the approval and help from the Village and Public Works Department, a "Flag Drop Off Box" is now located at the Village Hall Entrance.
Since the Woodridge Police Department has moved into their new facility, Woodridge VFW has decided to move the existing American Flag Drop off box from the lobby of the old Police Station/ Public Works to a better location!
With the approval and help from the Village and Public Works Department, it is now conveniently located right outside the main doors of Village Hall. When your flag becomes worn out or tattered, just place it in there and the VFW, along with the Lisle/Woodridge Fire District, will properly retire it. This box is an old street-corner mail box painted to look like an American Flag. You can use this box 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! (Caution, smile, there are cameras monitoring this area).
On Friday, June 21st, with the assistance of the Woodridge Park District, our Post held its annual American Flag retirement ceremony up on top of the hill at Hawthorne Park. Now that we have 3 more flag drop off boxes, in addition to the one at the Village Hall, our VFW Post collected 526 flags to be retired. Drop off box locations are at St. Scholastica Church, Woodridge United Methodist Church, and the Darien-Woodridge Fire Department at 75th & Lyman Street.
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When the United States flag (Old Glory) becomes worn, torn, faded or badly soiled, it is time to replace it with a new flag, and the old flag should be "retired" with all the dignity and respect befitting our nation's flag. The traditional method of retirement is to incinerate the flag, but this does not mean that one should simply drop the entire flag (intact) into a fire. An American Flag ceases to be a flag when it is cut into pieces. The corners of the flag should be stretched out over a table top and someone should remove the blue field with the stars from the stripes. It is easier to completely incinerate the flag if it is cut into smaller pieces. A flag should never be torn up like an old bed sheet. It should be cut up with scissors or shears in a methodical manner. Each year the VFW Post 1578 cuts up the flags we have collected and properly retires them with honor. Please consider using these drop-off boxes to retire your old/worn flags. The Woodridge VFW thanks you.
