Highlights
- Honoring America's Veterans is placing collection boxes across the Phoenix area for worn, faded, or torn American flags.
- Spencer's TV and Appliance locations across the Valley serve as collection sites for the nonprofit's Tattered Flag Project.
- The nonprofit also hosts the annual Veterans Day Parade in Phoenix.
- KJZZ and ABC15 have both reported on the program, which offers a dignified disposal alternative as other retirement programs have declined.
Honoring America's Veterans, an Arizona nonprofit, is placing collection boxes at Spencer's TV and Appliance locations across the Valley as part of its Tattered Flag Project, giving residents a formal drop-off option for flags that are worn, faded, or torn, FOX 10 reported Friday.
The organization, which also runs the annual Veterans Day Parade in Phoenix, launched the project to fill a gap left as other flag-retirement programs have scaled back, according to KJZZ. Executive Director Paula Pedene told KJZZ the nonprofit decided to collect tattered, worn, or torn flags because many of the groups that previously offered retirement services no longer do so.
Spencer's TV and Appliance locations across the Phoenix area function as the primary collection points, ABC15 reported. The nonprofit's own site describes the project as providing flags a farewell that matches the reverence with which they were raised.
Residents with flags to retire can drop them at participating Spencer's locations; the nonprofit's website lists current collection sites.
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- Fox 10 Phoenix retrieved 28/08/2026 01:52
- kjzz.org retrieved 28/08/2026 01:52
- ABC15 Arizona retrieved 28/08/2026 01:52
- honoringamericasveterans.org retrieved 28/08/2026 01:52
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