Kidney And Clemmons Speak at Flag Day Celebration

  • American Legion Post #260 Commander Tom Snodgrass supervises as U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Aaron Shattuck and Joeby Komppa place flags on a grate to be retired by fire during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement in Tecumseh, June 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    American Legion Post #260 Commander Tom Snodgrass supervises as U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Aaron Shattuck and Joeby Komppa place flags on a grate to be retired by fire during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement in Tecumseh, June 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney was the Guest Speaker during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, June 15. Kidney told about the history of the U.S. flag. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney was the Guest Speaker during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, June 15. Kidney told about the history of the U.S. flag. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • American Legion Post #260 Vice Commander & Adjutant Renee Clemmons speaks during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at the Tecumseh post on June 15. Listening is Post Financial Officer William Gammage, left.
    American Legion Post #260 Vice Commander & Adjutant Renee Clemmons speaks during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at the Tecumseh post on June 15. Listening is Post Financial Officer William Gammage, left.
  • The U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Color Guard - which includes Seaman Aaron Shattuck, Seaman Recruit Zane Finkenbinder, and Seaman Apprentice Joeby Komppa - perform a flag-folding ceremony during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, June 15. American Legion Auxiliary Member Julia Watters read the meaning behind the 13 folds. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    The U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Color Guard - which includes Seaman Aaron Shattuck, Seaman Recruit Zane Finkenbinder, and Seaman Apprentice Joeby Komppa - perform a flag-folding ceremony during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement at American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, June 15. American Legion Auxiliary Member Julia Watters read the meaning behind the 13 folds. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • American Legion Post #260 Commander Tom Snodgrass places a flag in a burn barrel for retirement by fire, as Auxiliary Member Julia Watters waits, during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement in Tecumseh, June 15. Hundreds of flags were donated by the community to be retired at the annual event.
    American Legion Post #260 Commander Tom Snodgrass places a flag in a burn barrel for retirement by fire, as Auxiliary Member Julia Watters waits, during the Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement in Tecumseh, June 15. Hundreds of flags were donated by the community to be retired at the annual event.
  • Daryl Murray, 9, zip ties a flag to a hand rail in front of the veterans memorial beside Tecumseh City Hall on Flag Day, June 14, as his grandfather Tom Snodgrass helps to hold it in place. Snodgrass is the Commander of American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, and they displayed 30 flags around Tecumseh for the holiday. Photo provided.
    Daryl Murray, 9, zip ties a flag to a hand rail in front of the veterans memorial beside Tecumseh City Hall on Flag Day, June 14, as his grandfather Tom Snodgrass helps to hold it in place. Snodgrass is the Commander of American Legion Post #260 in Tecumseh, and they displayed 30 flags around Tecumseh for the holiday. Photo provided.
    On June 15 at American Legion Hill-Huett Post #260 in Tecumseh, it was all about Old Glory. The Sixth Annual Flag Day Celebration and Flag Retirement began with speeches about the United States flag.Guest speaker Police Chief J.R. Kidney began by saying he felt “a little bit inadequate” to speak because he hadn’t served in the military, but he thanked everyone there who had served....

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