Flags given a dignified end

The flag burning Sunday was not a protest. Instead - on the day before Veterans Day - members of Cloquet's BSA Scout Troop 171 were observing the United States Flag Code when they officially retired three worn and tattered American flags at Veterans Park in Cloquet.

According to the flag code, a flag, "when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."

Scoutmaster Stafano Piazi said the Boy Scouts had a long tradition of holding flag retirement ceremonies, and his troop wanted to do it again for Cloque...