Those words opened the Flag Day flag retirement ceremony conducted by Boy ... the blue cloak belonging to a captain in the Continental Army. “The stripes are symbolic of beams of morning light.

Saturday of every month, veterans at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2391 in St Augustine take it as their duty to retire nearly 1,000 flags with dignity.

Some 80 retired American flag officers sign an open letter calling ... citing Israel’s intelligence, technology and military experience. “Israel’s military and intelligence services have ...