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Jerry “Bear” Rote, who served in the Army 1960-62, feeds the flames at the Flag Day retirement ceremony at Polson’s Lakeview Cemetery. In line are John Miller (served in Marine Corps), Bobby Radtke (Air Force Air Rescue), Bud Radtke (Lt. Col. Air Force), Don Lilly (Army Special Forces), and Sydney and Elijah Williams, great-grandchildren of WWII Navy veteran Jim Sivelle, who also attended.

Jerry “Bear” Rote, who served in the Army 1960-62, feeds the flames at the Flag Day retirement ceremony at Polson’s Lakeview Cemetery. In line are John Miller (served in Marine Corps), Bobby Radtke (Air Force Air Rescue), Bud Radtke (Lt. Col. Air Force), Don Lilly (Army Special Forces), and Sydney and Elijah Williams, great-grandchildren of WWII Navy veteran Jim Sivelle, who also attended.

June 20, 2019

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Tired flags retired on Flag Day
June 20, 2019 3:14 p.m.

Tired flags retired on Flag Day

In solemn ceremony, members of American Legion Post 112, Marine Corps League of Polson, and VFW gathered on Flag Day, June 14, at Lakeview Cemetery to respectfully retire about a hundred worn U.S. flags.