VFW retires flags on Pearl Harbor Day
Veteran Bill Beck takes part in the VFW flag retirement ceremony on Dec. 7, 2024 in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Veteran Heather Allen honors the American flag with a salute. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Veteran Randy Evans plays "Taps" during the VFW flag retirement ceremony. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Noah Hathorne, a member of the Plains VFW Post, prepares to dispose of an American flag. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Dec. 7, a day in U.S. history that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a day in infamy,” is the day chosen by members of the Plains Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3596 to retire U.S. and military service flags.
Fourteen veterans from various services assembled behind the Plains VFW building to perform a ceremony that has been taking place there for over 30 years. The date of Dec. 7 has special meaning to the assembled veterans. It is a day to honor, not only the national flags, but to also honor the 2,400 military and civilians that perished during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The ceremony started with Post Commander Ron Kilbury reading a prepared statement.
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