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.
Boy Scout Troop 91 of Hamilton stands with Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes at the flag decommissioning ceremony June 12, 2014. Pictured are Joshua Samolchuk, assistant scoutmaster Paul Lamothe, Hunter Nolan, Gennaro Ricci, Nicholas Ehring, Kevin Novak, Hughes, Paul Simone, assistant scoutmaster Frank Simone, Liam Courtney, Luke Armstrong and Daniel Simone.,
