Don Roberts, left, Rich Handy, Don Hamilton, Dan Sandoval (seated), Rodney Hubscher, Sara Hubscher, Kaitlyn Gawat, Taylor Gawat, Donna Sheehan, Sandy Sandoval and Dennis Sheehan take part in the Lake Riverside Estates Veterans Flag Retirement Ceremony Saturday, May 18. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo
A group of Lake Riverside Estates veterans organized an Armed Forces Day US flag retirement ceremony at the Veterans Memorial by the lake Saturday, May 18.The event was well attended by LRE residents, their families and local military vets.Organizers Dennis and Donna Sheehan read the Flag Retirement Speech and encouraged attendees to take part in the burning of over a dozen battered flags that were brought to the event.“When comes the time when I am old and faded, do not let me fly in disrepair, rather retire me from my duties only to replace me with a new flag so that I may continue to symbolize our country,” said Donna at the conclusion of the retirement speech.Kaitlyn Gawat played taps to begin the retirement of the flags.[gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide"
