I'd like to know the number of flag burning incidents in America
during the last 5 and 10 years. Please cite references.

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Request for Question Clarification by thx1138-ga on 29 Jun 2006 06:59 PDT

That is going to be a very difficult question to answer as "retired
flags" are usually burnt.  See:

"On a crisp and windy Sunday morning, Concord held its traditional
flag retirement ceremony in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. With great respect
and ceremony, upwards of 1,000 flags were burned. They were gathered
from local residents, as well as from neighboring towns and as far
away as New Hampshire. Given our current great interest in patriotism
and the high number of flags flown since September 11th, there were
roughly double the normal number to retire."
http://www.concordma.com/magazine/novdec01/remembrance.html

Presumably you mean flags burnt in anger?

Hi nerfdawg,

The Citizens Flag Alliance tracks all acts of flag desecration. Here's
that page where you can search by year. They are all cited:

Flag Desecration Acts
http://www.cfa-inc.org/?section=issues&subsection=issues_acts&content=issues_acts

This is also very interesting:

Flag Burning Page
http://www.esquilax.com/flag/index2.shtml


~~Cynthia


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protest flag burning

A formal burning ceremony for a retired flag can be a very touching
event for anyone who ever served under that flag. I have seen the Boy
Scouts do this several times. The most touching ceremony I ever saw
was at Camp Alexander in Colorado.  They cycle their flags so every
week during the summer camping year, thus for every camping group,
they have a used flag which is worn out. After many years of this,
they have developed a really touching and memorable ceremony.