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Guard members thanked for Kuwait deployment

WAHPETON, N.D. — About 160 members of the North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company received a great big thank-you here Sunday for a yearlong deployment in Kuwait that was completed in August.

By Dave Olson, Forum Communications , October 08, 2012

Flag retirement ceremony set

A ceremony honoring the American flag and an official flag retirement ceremony are planned for 7 p.m. Thursday at Fort Seward in Jamestown. Following a short program, the Girl Scouts of Jamestown will conduct the retirement ceremony.

June 08, 2012

Flag retirement ceremony held

Logan C. Adams / The Sun Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary members Jackie Sather, left, and Mary Klundt fold an American flag at a flag retirement ceremony Friday at Lincoln Elementary School. while Principal Sherry Schmidt speaks. The flag, which had previously been flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of the school, had flown over the school for seven years. It was replaced with another flag that had been flown over the Capitol in honor of the school. Behind them, from left, are 1st Sgt. Jeff Doughty, Sgt. 1st Class Gary Varberg and Sgt. Jordan Nygaard, members of the North Dakota National Guard’s 817th Engineer Company (Sapper). Also on hand were retired Sgt. Maj. Rod Olin and former prisoner of war Jim Carlascio. The wrong organization was credited for folding the flag under the photo in Tuesday’s Sun.

November 02, 2011

Flag football starts Sept. 10

Youth flag football for boys in grades 1-4 will be held Saturday mornings from Sept. 10-Oct. 15.

September 02, 2011

September 11 flag visits N.D.

A dozen North Dakota heroes were honored Friday as part of a nationwide tour to create triumph from tragedy as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches.

By Teri Finneman , August 13, 2011

N.D. heroes honored at flag ceremony

Here are the local service heroes recognized Friday during the National 9/11 Flag event at the state Capitol: Steve and Deb Kenner: Bismarck police officer Steve Kenner was shot and killed last month while responding to a domestic violence call. He is the first Bismarck police officer killed in the line of duty and the first in North Dakota in 15 years.

By By Teri Finneman, Forum Communications Co. , August 13, 2011

Dakotas woman fixes Stars and Stripes

It bothers Sally Kushman to see a tattered American flag waving in the breeze, so she does everything she can to prevent it. Every year, she sews about 200 American flags for the Exchange Club in Aberdeen. Club members place the flags in front of sponsoring businesses throughout the city on holidays and special occasions. The stars and stripes are displayed about 15 days a year.

By By Jeff Natalie-Lees, The Associated Press , July 05, 2011

Flag and pole will rise again at Fort Seward

Old Glory is expected to wave in the wind again at Fort Seward sometime this summer after a series of repairs sidelined one of Jamestown’s most recognizable landmarks.

By Ben Rodgers , June 18, 2011

Governor orders flags at half-staff

Gov. Jack Dalrymple has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

May 30, 2011

N.D. flags to be at half-staff until Friday

BISMARCK (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple is asking that all flags in North Dakota be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday in remembrance of those killed in Tucson, Ariz., over the weekend.

January 11, 2011

Little Bighorn flag sold for $2.2 million auction; was bought for $54 in 1895

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million.

December 10, 2010

Pole problem grounds flag

The huge U.S. flag local residents have seen flying very little this year at Fort Seward, won’t be flying in honor of Veterans Day today. In fact, no one knows when the 60- by 30-foot flag will fly again. Its 130-foot flagpole had to be taken down when it developed a crack two-thirds of the way around at the crank mechanism for raising and lowering the flag.

November 11, 2010

Retiring an American flag

June 15, 2010

Flag-burning ceremony set

A ceremony honoring the U.S. flag and an official flag-burning ceremony are planned for Flag Day, at 7 p.m. Monday, at Fort Seward in Jamestown. Following a short program, the Girl Scouts of Jamestown will conduct the burning ceremony.

June 09, 2010

Fort Seward flag will not fly for few days

The Flags Across America flag at the All Veteran’s Memorial at Fort Seward will not be flying for a few days, according to Steve Reidburn, director of the Sgt. E.W. Weise Interpretive Center at the fort site.

June 02, 2010