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Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff today in memory of Washington National Guard Spc. Samuel D. Stone, 20, of Port Orchard, who died last weekend when the vehicle in which he was riding overturned in Tallil, Iraq.THE history of the Point Lookout Surf Life Saving Club has been documented in a newly launched book 60 Years Between the Flags.Franklin The Sgt. Francis M. Glynn American Legion Post 132 in Franklin has installed a new ?flag retirement box,? which is now available for area residents to drop off their tattered and worn American flags for proper retirement. The box is located on the front steps of the Post at 1 Legion Place, behind the Shop-Rite. Flags can be deposited 24 hours a day.UNION SPRINGS - More than 50 people stood at attention watching the remains of three retired American flags drift away in smoke as the boom of a 21-gun salute blended into the somber notes of a nearby bugle playing ?Taps? during a ceremony in Frontenac Park Sunday.With new flags and banners more than 250 athletes from five school districts paraded into the LEISD Athletic Complex on May 20 for the third annual LEISD Special Olympic track meet.Flags will be flying at half staff on Monday to honor three Fort Drum soldiers killed in action.Flags outside state offices will fly at half-staff Monday throughout Washington in memory of Washington National Guard Spc. Samuel D. Stone, 20.POTTSTOWN ? A traveling patriotic museum will be rolling into Pottstown as part of the Fourth of July festivities next month at Memorial Park. In conjunction with the inaugural Field of Flags program, a Ranger Airborne Special Forces group from Carlisle will be setting up shop on the island in Memorial Park in honor of a fallen comrade.Hobbled with age, weathered with time, the World War II veterans stood at attention. One by one, a two-star general delivered flags flown over the Pentagon in their honor. He looked them in their eyes and snapped his right hand in salute.Governor Rendell has offered his condolences on behalf of the state to the family and friends of Trooper Joshua Miller, 34, who was shot and killed following a 40-mile chase through parts of Northampton and Monroe counties last night. "Trooper Miller died carrying out his sworn duty to protect the citizens of the commonwealth," said Rendell.Yahoo! News Search Results for Flags
