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Wilton Boy Scout Aaron Clark of Troop 20 salutes American Legion Adjutant Tom Moore at Post 86’s flag retirement ceremony. Looking on is veteran Bo Lotocky.
Veterans remove their hats during the pledge of allegiance, from left, Paul Niche, Alex Ruskewich, Ken Shewitz, Don Hazzard, Bing Ventres and Charlie Lewis.
Adjutant Tom Moore places a flag in a fire at the post’s flag retirement ceremony on Sunday. The post retires worn or damaged American flags with dignity at a formal ceremony each year.
Wilton cub scouts participated in the American Legion Flag Retirement Ceremony last year. Children interested in joining cub scouts may attend an open house with their families on Oct. 17.
Boy Scouts Quinn Mitchell, left, and Brendan Genereux, in bakc, and Cub Scouts Alex Shiue, left and Conor Wolff read the American Legion charter with the help of Troop 22 Leader Brad Wolff. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the American Legion.
Will Bradt, a member of Wilton Cub Scout Troop 22, salutes American Legion Post 86 Adjutant Tom Moore before turning over a flag to be burned at the post's annual flag retirement ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 15. The post retires worn or damaged American flags with dignity at a formal ceremony each year.
A table set for one honors American service members — prisoners of war or those missing in action — who never came home. American Legion Post 86 keeps the table at its headquarters as a symbol of honor. The table was brought outdoors for the post's flag retirement ceremony.
From the small to the tall, members of Wilton’s scouting groups formed two lines at American Legion Post 86 on Sunday, and each in turn handed over an American flag to be burned at the veterans’ annual flag retirement ceremony.
Daisies; members of Brownie Troops 50144, 50734, 50304 and 50056; members of Cub Scout Troop 22 and Boy Scout Troop 20 assisted members of the post in burning some of the 600 flags that were retired throughout the day.
The ceremony included prayers, the pledge of allegiance, and recognition of veterans who never returned home from war with a table set for those declared Missing in Action. Four Scouts — Cubs Alex Shiue and Connor Wolfe and Boy Scouts Quinn Mitchell and Brendan Genereux, with the help of Troop 22 leader Brad Wolf — read the American Legion charter in recognition of the legion’s 100th anniversary this year.
Wilton veterans who belong to Post 86 joined with the boys and girls in handing flags that included those that were placed on veterans graves for Memorial Day and those that were deposited in the “flag box” in front of post headquarters on Old Ridgefield Road.
Flags placed there will be kept for retirement in 2020, which will be the post’s centenary year.
