• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Not sure about the US, but what I was taught here in Norway during my time in the army is that the colors are to be separated by cutting the seams so that it is no longer a flag. Then you burn the individual colors. I imagine separating the colors would be a PITA with a US flag.

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      2 days ago

      We do the same, but the way you remove the stars from the blue rectangle is by shooting each one with a 12 gauge shotgun.

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      2 days ago

      My son and I were involved with boy scouts for a time. They did separate the colors for retired flags and yes it did take a while.