What happens to the retired flags flown above the Whitehouse?
Once the American flag flown above the Whitehouse is retired from use what happens to them? Is there a special place these historic flags are kept? Can these flags be viewed someplace?
8 Responses
Kojak
06 Jul 2010
drew4allyou
06 Jul 2010
They burn them.
Dave87gn
06 Jul 2010
they sell them
I have a flag that flew over the capitol
Ollicopter
06 Jul 2010
They are not flown until they have to be retired. They are presented or awarded to politicos or deserving patriots etc.
Bulldog
06 Jul 2010
Obam,pelosi,reed and clinton gather in secret meetings and burn them and laugh at americans for putting them in power
Joshua
06 Jul 2010
obama wipes his butt with the flag.
Jenny Manyteeth
06 Jul 2010
Those flags change fast; one a minute, I think. Then they sell them.
garrett stogner
25 Jan 2011
they burn the flag
First of all there is not just one flag flown over the white house….. there are literally hundreds flown every month…. you can purchase a flag that has flown over the White House…. A detail goes up periodically and flies dozens of flags for a few minutes and then sells them in the White House gift shop….
Other historic flags…. such as the one Sir Francis Scott Key wrote about are on display at the nations "museum (Smithsonian Institute Museum) where the gift shop is located.