The Bellflower/Long Beach Elks Lodge #888 hosted a flag retirement service on July 16 to properly dispose of worn or tattered U.S. flags that can no longer be displayed. Sixty flags were taken to Stricklin/Snively Mortuary for proper cremation. Pictured are Elks Lodge Esquire Patrick Riley escorting Americanism chair Steve Strichart to receive a flag from Exalted Ruler David Shindledecker.
