20130614 - Flag Retirement Ceremony

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Post commander Ronnie Reber(left) helps carry flags prepared for retirement before a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013. According to Reber more than 700 flags were retired during the ceremony.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Dillon Ebbert-Moede, 11, of McHenry, stands on is tiptoes as he and Vaughn McMillan, 10, of Wonder Lake, place a flag in a fire pit during a retirement ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Flags ready for retirement sit in a pile at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Flags are retired during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Vaqughn McMillan, 10, of Wonder Lake, holds his breath to not inhale smoke as he places a flag in a fire pit during a retirement ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Dwane Lungren, of Cary, places a flag in a fire pit during a retirement ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Lathan Goumas - lgoumas@shawmedia.com Flags are retired during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. on Friday, June 14, 2013.