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Speaker 2: Seven forty three fifty five KRCD talk station, Happy Wednesday
Speaker 2: in studio. Always a pleasure to have him here, Steve Belzo,
Speaker 2: the executive director of the Klema County Veteran Service Commission.
Speaker 2: God bless Steve and his service to our country and
Speaker 2: his ongoing service with the services provided by the Klemic
Speaker 2: County Veteran Service Commission. And to talk about something of
Speaker 2: vital importance to him and all veterans, and I would
Speaker 2: hope the vast majority of the American people Flag Day.
Speaker 2: Good to have you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Brian, You're the Coffee of Cincinnati. So thanks being.
Speaker 2: Out here, brother, that's a nice compliment. I appreciate that anyhow.
Speaker 2: You know, I love the flag and for me, the
Speaker 2: flag stands for freedom, freedom, freedom for you and me
Speaker 2: to live as we choose to live in a country
Speaker 2: doesn't force us to live in a particular way, and
Speaker 2: that's what the symbol stands for. And I hate the
Speaker 2: fact that people use it as a as a source
Speaker 2: of division.
Speaker 3: As a token to somehow divide the masses. I know,
Speaker 3: it makes no sense. They thrive to enter our country
Speaker 3: and yet then there's this movement to disgrace the symbol
Speaker 3: that we have.
Speaker 2: Well, and Flag Day is a great idea for us
Speaker 2: to get back on track. And it is coming up
Speaker 2: June fourteenth. When was the first Flag Day? And how
Speaker 2: long have we been I hope celebrating.
Speaker 3: Wow. Yeah, So the actual adoption of the flags back
Speaker 3: in seventeen seventy seven, we know, But the celebration of
Speaker 3: Flag Day started back in nineteen sixteen. However, it wasn't
Speaker 3: until it Woodrow Wilson of all people, of all people
Speaker 3: in nineteen sixteen entered legislation, but it didn't take and
Speaker 3: then it wasn't until nineteen forty nine. So you think
Speaker 3: about that. Thirty three years later, the National Flag Day
Speaker 3: was adopted by an Act of Congress. Isn't that something
Speaker 3: it is?
Speaker 2: It's sad when you think about it, but thank god
Speaker 2: at least they got around to it, right.
Speaker 3: Right right. I guess World War One kind of set
Speaker 3: it aside in sixteen. I don't know, a.
Speaker 2: Little distracted by that one, Yeah, I can imagine. Anyway.
Speaker 2: I tell you what we're up at a break, but
Speaker 2: we'll continue talk about the reason we fly the flag
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Speaker 2: Station seven fifty fifty five KRCV Talkstation, A Happy Wednesday.
Speaker 2: Steve Belzo in studio, Executive Victor of the Comic County
Speaker 2: Veteran Service Commission, talking about Flag Day. It's next Saturday,
Speaker 2: and I have the honor of anticipating the flag retirement
Speaker 2: ceremony every year will be at the Union Township Civic Center.
Speaker 2: And I'm going to be audited to say a few
Speaker 2: words there and learn how to properly dispose of a flag.
Speaker 2: And there is a proper way, all right, and let's
Speaker 2: you know, maybe briefly talk about that.
Speaker 3: Steve Sure, you know most people are flying a flag
Speaker 3: that's tattered, torn, worn, dirty.
Speaker 2: Don't let Steve Tam see that, and then he'll give
Speaker 2: you an earfull.
Speaker 3: Homeowners aren't sure what to do. They may throw it
Speaker 3: in the trash. They may just let it continue to
Speaker 3: fly in this ragged Captain hook.
Speaker 2: It's almost like a white piece of cloth at the
Speaker 2: right time.
Speaker 3: Right so that there is a serviceability to our United
Speaker 3: States flag. And when you see it starting to tear
Speaker 3: or it's becoming frayed, worn, faded out, pull it down,
Speaker 3: put up a fresh one. But now what do I
Speaker 3: do with the one I just retired? Great question. There
Speaker 3: is a a description in many military manuals and the
Speaker 3: Department of Defense of how we retire and dispose of
Speaker 3: a flag. And that's done in a discrete ceremony, Brian.
Speaker 3: It's not done by wearing it into a new pair
Speaker 3: of shorts. We're not burning it in the front yard.
Speaker 3: It is a small, discrete way. Matter of fact that
Speaker 3: Claremont County veterans, we have a box where you can
Speaker 3: I buy another hook to dispose of your worn flag,
Speaker 3: and we will take care of that discrete flag ceremony
Speaker 3: for you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's all what the flag retirement ceremony is
Speaker 2: all about. And there are drop off locations all around.
Speaker 2: It doesn't take much to find out where they are.
Speaker 2: But make sure you just don't throw it in the trash.
Speaker 2: I mean, it is absolutely it's a sign of disrespect.
Speaker 2: And if you really truly have respect for the flag
Speaker 2: as well, you should. You should take care of it
Speaker 2: properly when it's reached the end of its life and
Speaker 2: don't fly a tattered, worn flag that in and of
Speaker 2: itself is a sign of disrespect. And that's the purpose
Speaker 2: of retiring the flag. Why should we fly the flag?
Speaker 2: I have one minds up all the time. Man. I
Speaker 2: love driving into my driveway and see my flag hanging there,
Speaker 2: right because.
Speaker 3: Again, freedom it is. It is freedom. But there are
Speaker 3: some caveat with that. If you were flying your flag
Speaker 3: twenty four hours a day from dusk to dawn, she
Speaker 3: should be illuminated. There should be lights illuminating her. Otherwise
Speaker 3: we take it down at night. Yes, that is respectful.
Speaker 3: It's not to be hanging out beside the tree. And
Speaker 3: I guess they'll see it in the morning. So have
Speaker 3: it illuminated at night. Many of these flag poles today
Speaker 3: have this rechargeable battery and they shine down on the flag.
Speaker 3: And that's the purpose, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So I love my neighbors and all and people like
Speaker 3: you that are standing for liberty, justice and freedom for all,
Speaker 3: which is what that great flag stands for. The whole
Speaker 3: world recognizes the United States flag.
Speaker 2: They do. And you know what I pointed off off
Speaker 2: air that you know, I think one of the tragedies,
Speaker 2: if you can even call that, of the fall of
Speaker 2: the Soviet Union, that was our moral barometer. That was
Speaker 2: the country of breadlines and political prisoners and oppression and
Speaker 2: outright murder of citizenry. You think about Stalin and all
Speaker 2: the people that they killed. Because you know, good ideas
Speaker 2: don't require force. Bad ideas require force. The flag represents
Speaker 2: the antithesis of that.
Speaker 3: When you are taking a naval or model forward to
Speaker 3: a foreign country. We see four pillars of power in
Speaker 3: the United States or of any government, diplomacy, information, military,
Speaker 3: and economic. When they see the military force off their
Speaker 3: shores flying the United States flag, they know whose navy
Speaker 3: and marines are on board. It is a show of
Speaker 3: force and it is a force of strength because they
Speaker 3: can recognize the flag that's flying.
Speaker 2: And the accomplishments of the American military in the name
Speaker 2: of freedom. I mean, we're not perfect. Nobody has analysis,
Speaker 2: that's right, nobody is well trying. We're not going to
Speaker 2: come there to How can you take you over and
Speaker 2: force things upon you or lock you up for your
Speaker 2: thoughts and beliefs.
Speaker 3: It's freeing other citizens in other countries bring in diplomacy.
Speaker 2: Well, I'd like to encourage all my listeners to if
Speaker 2: you don't have a flag, why not get one?
Speaker 3: Why they're inexpensive. Matter of fact, if you need one
Speaker 3: to fly, come see me in the Clarmont County Office.
Speaker 3: I have one for you. Then you will fly respectfully
Speaker 3: from a proper position in front of your house. But
Speaker 3: I gotta say, Brian Flag Day June fourteenth is also
Speaker 3: the Armies, my sisters and another service two hundred and
Speaker 3: fiftieth birthday.
Speaker 2: Exactly?
Speaker 3: Is that a by centennial and a half. I don't
Speaker 3: know how to count that. I'll just say two to fifty.
Speaker 2: It's an amazing accomplishment. And I read the article this
Speaker 2: morning from the the head of the Defense Department. He
Speaker 2: wrote a letter just sort of proudly letting everyone know
Speaker 2: that the Army has already met its recruiting goals sixty
Speaker 2: one thousand enlistees, four months ahead of schedule, and we
Speaker 2: were behind for the last four years. Yes, no one
Speaker 2: was signing up, and gee, I wonder why things have changed.
Speaker 3: When you look at the size of our Navy and
Speaker 3: our Army, it takes an exceedingly large combine to bring
Speaker 3: enough young men and women in to fill the ranks
Speaker 3: for them to exceed this goal is a phenomenal effort
Speaker 3: by the Army.
Speaker 2: Good on them, Good on them, and good on you again.
Speaker 2: Klamont County Veteran Service Commission. Amazing services they offer for
Speaker 2: my veterans in the community. You need help with the
Speaker 2: A benefits and the services, outreach programs, financial assistance. You
Speaker 2: could just go down the line. It would take me
Speaker 2: a couple of hours to get through it. All. You
Speaker 2: need to talk to Steve and the good people to
Speaker 2: the Claimont County Veteran Service Commission, and maybe even pick
Speaker 2: up a flag if you don't have one. I'm very
Speaker 2: kind of you to offer that and thank you again
Speaker 2: for your service to our country. Steve. It's always a
Speaker 2: pleasure seeing you and I'll be at the Union Cemetery
Speaker 2: or the Union Civic Center, Union Township next Saturday. What
Speaker 2: time is it start one one o'clock, so be there
Speaker 2: and you can also witness how to properly dispose of
Speaker 2: a flag. The Boy Scouts always show up and go
Speaker 2: through that procedure and it's a pheenominal, wonderful event. Gentlemen,
Speaker 2: take care great seeing you and proudly support the United
Speaker 2: States flag or remember the freedom that it stands for. Ryan,
Speaker 2: Thanks for your support, brother, my pleasure. Seven fifty seven
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