MAYNARD — Chief Angela Lawless is pleased to share that the Maynard Fire Department will be receiving a flag retirement donation box courtesy of a local Boy Scout troop.
The flag retirement box will be held at the Maynard Fire Station and is open to the public year-round. The box will be used to collect old flags that are deemed ready for retirement.
The box was built and designed by Maynard Troop 130 as part of an Eagle Scout project. Maynard resident and member of Troop 130, Colt Jackson, a junior at Assabet Valley Regional Vocational and Technical High School, currently studying HVAC/R, led the project.
Other Troop 130 members who worked on the project include Francis Kilroy, John Berghaus, Will Cramer, Emma Nevilles, Cal Mathison, Wesley Teague, Ronan Rafter, and Pierce Rafter.
The project took over a year to complete.
To determine if a flag needs to be retired is based on whether it is torn in any way or if the color has faded. Once a flag is determined to be retired, a ceremony must be held to officially retire the flag which includes a ceremonial folding and burning.
Troop 130, in collaboration with the Maynard-Clinton Elks Lodge, will hold an official flag retirement ceremony on June 14, Flag Day. The ceremony will be held at Veterans Memorial Park on Summer Street, starting at 6 p.m.
The ceremony will include the unveiling of the box and the retirement of a flag by Elks members.
Jackson also will hand out 24 flags in exchange for old or worn flags. Flags will be first come, first served.
“I would like to express our sincerest thank you to the Maynard Boy Scouts Troop 130 for their hard work on this project and for gifting us the flag donation box,” said Chief Lawless. “We are honored to be able to have this wonderful flag box live in our new station. We encourage residents and community members who may have old or worn flags ready to be retired to drop them off at the station.”
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