Hey all,
I revieved a small lot of documents and photos from an army veteran who had passed. Along with the other items I was given his burial flag. My question is what should be done with the flag. It's not in a case but is stored in a thick plastic zip up case. Thank you!
Burial flag questions
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Re: Burial flag questions
Perhaps donate it to your local military museum and ask that it be displayed with the veteran's name?
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Re: Burial flag questions
What do you plan on doing with the documents, photos, and other items?
If your plan is to keep them as a remembrance of his life, the Flag represents a large - and final - portion of that life.
Keep them all together.
If you would like a wood case for the Flag, PM me. It would be number 94 that I have provided.
If your plan is to keep them as a remembrance of his life, the Flag represents a large - and final - portion of that life.
Keep them all together.
If you would like a wood case for the Flag, PM me. It would be number 94 that I have provided.
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Re: Burial flag questions
Run it up a nice flag pole and fly it proudly!
Too many are collecting dust in display cases.
Too many are collecting dust in display cases.
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Re: Burial flag questions
If there are no relatives
If he wasn't famous for his accomplishments
if it's a current flag...
Fly it, best way to honor him. Or fly it on Memorial Day only if its special to you.
Sad to say (I'm getting older) there are way too many things we hang onto and associate a 'presence' with that need to move on. Old awards, medals, plaques, dust collectors. And with all the passing Veterans, flags are literally becoming a shortage due to so many passing, so either donate it to a funeral home, or fly it, then let the BSA or VFW dispose of it when it is weathered or retired for its end.
Just had this conversation with my Wife, some teacher at her school, likely had a husband that deployed to Iraq, the kids likely did a letter campaign as a 'thing' to make them feel good, they were sent a certificate and folded flag that flew over the FOB, it's been cased in the school and I'm remounting it as the frame is beat up and broken loose. No one remembers the teacher, the kids, the troops (or the War) but it will go back to the wall once I'm done.
There are 'family' history items for preservation if there are surviving family that care, there are travel collectibles (disposable) and then there are hobby collectibles (sellable) Ask yourself what you can take to an apartment in your final years? or what are your son or daughter are going to 'want' to hang on their walls about you as they pass through life.
My Grandfather built a large bulldozer plow that removes trees with trunk and stump in three passes of a D6-D8 sized dozer, I found one surviving in Ohio and bought it for family history preservation. I can only 'care' for it until I pass.... Pop was a soldier for 32 years...what promotion certificates, awards, etc. do we 'keep' or scan in for easiest preservation? I had 32 years as well, but I will cull my history down before leaving it for my son to worry about.
Can't keep it all and museums don't truly care about individuality unless there's a name of someone that did something 'famous' or received recognition like MOH for things. They will gladly accept items, then auction them off for funds in deaccessions, or go bust and auction for whatever funds, etc.
So IMHO, fly it.
V/R W. Winget
If he wasn't famous for his accomplishments
if it's a current flag...
Fly it, best way to honor him. Or fly it on Memorial Day only if its special to you.
Sad to say (I'm getting older) there are way too many things we hang onto and associate a 'presence' with that need to move on. Old awards, medals, plaques, dust collectors. And with all the passing Veterans, flags are literally becoming a shortage due to so many passing, so either donate it to a funeral home, or fly it, then let the BSA or VFW dispose of it when it is weathered or retired for its end.
Just had this conversation with my Wife, some teacher at her school, likely had a husband that deployed to Iraq, the kids likely did a letter campaign as a 'thing' to make them feel good, they were sent a certificate and folded flag that flew over the FOB, it's been cased in the school and I'm remounting it as the frame is beat up and broken loose. No one remembers the teacher, the kids, the troops (or the War) but it will go back to the wall once I'm done.
There are 'family' history items for preservation if there are surviving family that care, there are travel collectibles (disposable) and then there are hobby collectibles (sellable) Ask yourself what you can take to an apartment in your final years? or what are your son or daughter are going to 'want' to hang on their walls about you as they pass through life.
My Grandfather built a large bulldozer plow that removes trees with trunk and stump in three passes of a D6-D8 sized dozer, I found one surviving in Ohio and bought it for family history preservation. I can only 'care' for it until I pass.... Pop was a soldier for 32 years...what promotion certificates, awards, etc. do we 'keep' or scan in for easiest preservation? I had 32 years as well, but I will cull my history down before leaving it for my son to worry about.
Can't keep it all and museums don't truly care about individuality unless there's a name of someone that did something 'famous' or received recognition like MOH for things. They will gladly accept items, then auction them off for funds in deaccessions, or go bust and auction for whatever funds, etc.
So IMHO, fly it.
V/R W. Winget
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Re: Burial flag questions
Flags are meant to show the colors. Fly it.
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Re: Burial flag questions
Tha k you all for your response! My initial thought was to fly it, however being a burial flag I wasn't sure if that was disrespectful or not. It's a heavy duty cloth flag that should last for a while.
Daniel
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