Ballard Eagleson VFW Post 3063’s November 2019 newsletter is available here. Highlights include: Seattle Civic Band to Play Concert for Veterans at Post, Post Members Retire Unserviceable Flags, A Touch of Light Reps Visit Post 3063, Veterans Day Discounts 2019 and Together We Served: A Website to Help You Find Old Service-Friends.
Author: ateeter
Seattle Civic Band Offering Free Concert at Post
Join us Sunday Nov. 10 for a free concert honoring those who have served our country in the United States’ Armed Forces. All ages are welcome. Any donations will benefit the Ballard Eagleson Post 3063 Relief Fund. See Facebook event here.
Unserviceable Flag Retirement
By Harold Rodenberger
As a community service, our VFW Post accepts worn and unserviceable flags for proper retirement. Frequently people drop by the office and hand us flags that are no longer fit to fly and ask us to retire them. I am always impressed with their patriotism, sincerely and concern for the flag of our country.
Two or three years ago, a man called and wanted to know if he could drop off a flag he had found in a dumpster. I assured him we would accept it and he later brought it by the hall. It turned out to be a coffin flag. He retrieved it from the dump, had it dry cleaned and brought it by folded on a hanger. When asked if I could reimburse him for the cleaning cost he refused saying that he only thought it his duty to rescue the flag and find a way to return it to service.
In years past we have had retirement ceremonies in our parking lot where we properly disposed of the flags by burning. Last year we had complaints from the residents of the condos and apartments on the hill behind us so we stopped burning flags in our parking lot.
Over the past eighteen months we have accumulated over three hundred flags waiting for proper disposal. On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, we loaded up seven boxes of flags and took them north to my brother’s farm near Blaine, WA, for burial.
For a gravesite, we selected a grassy knoll overlooking green pastures with woods on the north and a view east toward Mt Baker.


A Touch of Light Reps Visit Post 3063
Thank you to Daniel, Linda, and Sheila from A Touch of Light for visiting us during our post social Oct. 17. They’re doing inspiring work with incarcerated veterans and are hosting an art gallery reception Nov. 2 (see https://www.facebook.com/events/2521804937875486/).

4th Quarter 2019 Newsletter Available
Ballard Eagleson VFW Post 3063’s 4th Quarter 2019 newsletter is available here. Highlights include: From the Commander; Quartermaster’s Update; Annual Fundraiser Yet Again an Outstanding Success; Raffle Prize Gifted to Former Vietnam POW; Post 3063 New Members (3rd Quarter); and New Member Spotlight: Cole Russell.