Office of Veteran Services holds annual flag decommissioning

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The Mercer County Office of Veteran Services partners with local veterans from American Legion Post 31 and Hamilton Township Patriotic Committee to host a flag decommissioning ceremony June 12.

During the ceremony, also know as flag retirement, Larry Rosenthal of Hamilton set aflame thousands of tattered or soiled American flags collected by the Office of Veteran Services.

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