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Used Flags Being Collected

June 10, 2009

OLD SAYBROOK/OLD LYME —

Two collections for used American flags that are no longer serviceable will be sponsored by state Rep. Marilyn Giuliano on Saturday.

Those who possess American flags that are tattered, soiled or unsuitable for display can bring them to the Acton Library on Old Boston Post Road in Old Saybrook, starting at 10 a.m., or the Old Lyme Fire Station on Lyme Street, Old Lyme, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Flags collected that day will be delivered to the First Company Governor's Horse Guards, a unit of the state's organized militia under the Connecticut National Guard, for proper disposal at their headquarters in Avon.