{"id":12611,"date":"2019-05-07T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/new-york-state-collecting-tattered-flags\/"},"modified":"2019-05-07T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T18:10:17","slug":"new-york-state-collecting-tattered-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/new-york-state-collecting-tattered-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State collecting tattered flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York State is collecting tattered flags for proper disposal on May 26.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worn and tattered American flags can be dropped off at collection points all across New York State for proper disposal at an annual event during the Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more than two dozen drop-off locations from Long Island to Buffalo are accepting flags through Wednesday, May 22. The Governor is asking everyone to bring their old national banners to these locations so the flags can be retired &#8220;properly with respect and honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Office of General Services will collect the flags. The flags will be taken to the State Fair grounds outside Syracuse, where they&#8217;ll be disposed of in a bonfire during the May 26 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cnyvva103.org\/watchfire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memorial Watchfire<\/a>&#8221; organized each year by the Vietnam Veterans of America Central New York Chapter 103.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flag drop off locations:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alfred E. Smith Building, 80 South Swan St., Albany<br \/>\nNew York State Capitol, Washington Avenue, Albany<br \/>\nEmpire State Plaza Main Concourse, Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nCorning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nAgency Buildings 1,2,3,4 &#8211; Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nLegislative Office Building Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nRobert Abrams Building for Law and Justice Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nSwan Street Building, Core 2 and Core 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany<br \/>\nHarriman Campus Buildings 5, 6, 7, 7A, 8, 12 Harriman Campus, 1220 Washington Ave., Albany<br \/>\nTen Eyck Building, 40 North Pearl St., Albany<br \/>\n50 Wolf Road, Albany<br \/>\n625 Broadway, Albany<br \/>\nHampton Plaza, 38-40 State St., Albany<br \/>\n44 Holland Ave., Albany<br \/>\n328 State St., Schenectady<\/p>\n<p>Also, a flag disposal box can be found at most local VFW posts throughout the year.<br \/>\nFlags deposited at these locations will be burned as well.<\/p>\n<p>Paula Gabris<br \/>\nPhysical Plant<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 07 May 2019 14:10:17 +0000 by\u00a0p.gabris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; New York State is collecting tattered flags for proper disposal on May 26. Worn and tattered American flags can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}