This sentence is a link to the Handouts provided to those in attendance at a presentation provided by Larry E Potter, Benjamin Franklin Chapter Ohio SAR President, at the Simon Kenton Council Polaris District Roundtable on June 4th, 2026.

THE FLAG CODE

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

• https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/flag-code

Scouting America Sources

• https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Flag-Ceremonies-2019.pdf

• https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/09/24/10-things-know-flag-etiquette/

America250 & Scouting

• https://www.scoutshop.org/blog/liberty-in-action-250th-anniversary-challenge.html

• https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2026/03/26/how-to-celebrate-americas-250th-with-your-cub-scouts/

• https://www.scouting.org/service/a250/

13 Folds Ceremony

• https://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/folds.htm

• https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/flag-folding-procedures

• https://nationalflagfoundation.org/the-meaning-behind-the-13-folds-of-the-united-states-flag/

• VIDEO: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/965034/memorial-day-thirteen-folds

• https://www.nvti.org/2023/08/31/the-13-folds-of-the-american-flag/

SAR America250

• https://america250sar.org/__static/323c5110582fe09555480b14dfe4b98f/america-250-sar-bsa-events.pdf

FOR MB SUPER SATURDAY

• https://america250sar.org/__static/21d3e008f9b69c59adac98927eb614f1/americanpatmbworkshop-3-s(2).pdf

FLAG RETIREMENT

• https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/unserviceable-flags-ceremony

• https://america250sar.org/__static/ed5e927a85723e0ed9b0d20ecede6a09/scout-flag-retirement-ceremony-introduction2.pdf

USSCOUTS.ORG

• Face the Flag My Son - http://usscouts.org/usscouts/ceremony/flagopn1.asp

• Retiring the Flag - http://usscouts.org/usscouts/ceremony/flagret2.asp

• Retiring Old Glory - http://usscouts.org/usscouts/ceremony/flagret1.asp

• Opening and Closing - http://usscouts.org/usscouts/ceremony/open1.asp

• Others - http://usscouts.org/ceremony.asp