How to Dispose of an American Flag
Your copy of Old Glory should be trashed properly.
Independence Day is coming — on July 4th, this year — and it’s sure to be a workday full of fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches, shark attacks, and premarital sex, all in the name of honoring an emblem of patriotism.
On the fifth of July, our thoughts turn to cleaning up — our homes, if not our country — which often involves disposing of unwanted/unneeded American flags. Whether faded because you used it as a beach blanket, soiled because it served as your tablecloth, or simply an unwelcome reminder of the previous day’s excesses and the sorry state of our nation, your copy of Old Glory should be trashed properly. You might be surprised to learn that there’s more than one way to do this.
Note that these methods apply only to official American flags… so before we discuss discarding yours, let’s determine whether you even need to go to any special trouble, or whether you can just cram your unofficial flag down the garbage disposal unit under your kitchen sink.
Your copy of Old Glory should be trashed properly.
