On Saturday, Flag Day June 14th, dozens of Bowling Green Township residents gathered at the Community Park in Brownsville for a combined Township/Licking County Bicentennial Program.
The organizing committee was led by Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning, and the program featured members of Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scout Pack #33, Girl Scouts of America, Girl Scout Troop #112, Members of Toast Masters Chapter #511, and Ryan Fox of the Licking Valley High School Band Playing Taps. A variety of speeches and readings focused on devotion of the nation and its flag, and flag history.
The scouts and their leaders executed a well done and meaningful Flag Retirement Ceremony with several worn flags retired in sections by cutting the stripes and field of stars, and burning the segments in a fire fueled by redwood, oak, cedar and walnut logs, as specified by tradition. Members of both the boy and girl scout groups led the effort, and explained the meaning of the event to the audience.
In addition, a U.S. Flag that had flown of the Capitol in Washington D.C. was presented, and a scout honor guard hoisted it above the Park on the Township flagpole.
Township Trustee Chorpenning displayed a copy of the Bowling Green Township Flag which features the Township logo on a combined green and white field with two ribbons of colors, and laid out on a burgee or swallow-tailed flag design.
Licking County Commissioner Tim Bubb, the Chairman of the County Bicentennial Commission, presented an official Licking County Flag to Angela Collins-Haviland, Pack #33 Committee Chairman. Commissioner Bubb explained that Licking County was founded in January 1808, the same year that Bowling Green and two other County Townships were founded. The Licking County flag is a traditional rectangle with a green and while field, a logo depicting the local traditions of agriculture, the ancient Hopewell culture, early industry, and three ribbons of color depicting early transportation including the canals, railroads and the roadways.
For details on the Licking County Flag and the County Bicentennial Celebration please visit the website - LickingCountyBicentennial.com
In the photos above - Top - (left to right) Commissioner Tim Bubb, former Bowling Green Township Trustee and candidate for County Domestic Relations Judge Richard Wright, and Bowling Green Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning. Next - local veterans honored at the ceremony by receiving grommets from the retired flags. Next, the U.S. Capitol Flag hoisted over the Bowling Green Township Community Park. Finally, Bowling Green Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning leading the program.
The organizing committee was led by Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning, and the program featured members of Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scout Pack #33, Girl Scouts of America, Girl Scout Troop #112, Members of Toast Masters Chapter #511, and Ryan Fox of the Licking Valley High School Band Playing Taps. A variety of speeches and readings focused on devotion of the nation and its flag, and flag history.
The scouts and their leaders executed a well done and meaningful Flag Retirement Ceremony with several worn flags retired in sections by cutting the stripes and field of stars, and burning the segments in a fire fueled by redwood, oak, cedar and walnut logs, as specified by tradition. Members of both the boy and girl scout groups led the effort, and explained the meaning of the event to the audience.
In addition, a U.S. Flag that had flown of the Capitol in Washington D.C. was presented, and a scout honor guard hoisted it above the Park on the Township flagpole.
Township Trustee Chorpenning displayed a copy of the Bowling Green Township Flag which features the Township logo on a combined green and white field with two ribbons of colors, and laid out on a burgee or swallow-tailed flag design.
Licking County Commissioner Tim Bubb, the Chairman of the County Bicentennial Commission, presented an official Licking County Flag to Angela Collins-Haviland, Pack #33 Committee Chairman. Commissioner Bubb explained that Licking County was founded in January 1808, the same year that Bowling Green and two other County Townships were founded. The Licking County flag is a traditional rectangle with a green and while field, a logo depicting the local traditions of agriculture, the ancient Hopewell culture, early industry, and three ribbons of color depicting early transportation including the canals, railroads and the roadways.
For details on the Licking County Flag and the County Bicentennial Celebration please visit the website - LickingCountyBicentennial.com
In the photos above - Top - (left to right) Commissioner Tim Bubb, former Bowling Green Township Trustee and candidate for County Domestic Relations Judge Richard Wright, and Bowling Green Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning. Next - local veterans honored at the ceremony by receiving grommets from the retired flags. Next, the U.S. Capitol Flag hoisted over the Bowling Green Township Community Park. Finally, Bowling Green Township Trustee Jeff Chorpenning leading the program.
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