Waitsburg Scouts hold a flag retiring ceremony

WAITSBURG - Girl Scout Troops 2127, 5381, and 5383 and Boy Scouts of America Troop 337 held a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Waitsburg Cemetery on Flag Day, June 14.

The ceremony began with the raising of the Flag of the United States.

Emylee Willams, Lillian Carpenter, Shylo Hedges, Chelsea Faden, Sidian Stegall, and Katherine Roberts followed with retirement ceremony readings.

"The Flag of the United States of America is an honored symbol of our nation's unity, its hopes, its achievements, its glory, and its high resolve," read Williams.

The U. S. Flag Code says, "The flag, when it is in su...