City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department

2024 Flag Retirement

Throughout the year, cemetery volunteers and staff remove worn and tattered flags that decorate our veteran's graves and flags from our community. Join the Governor's Own 49th Regiment at Glendale Cemetery for a short ceremony, starting at 9:00 a.m. Then help them honorably retire the used flags in our U.S.S. Zenti burner.