TRASH TO TREASURE: Veteran’s moving lesson in patriotism when he thought no one was looking.
A garbage man in Utah was filmed last week taking an American flag out of the trash and folding it neatly when he thought nobody was looking.A garbage man in Utah was filmed last week taking an American flag out of the trash and folding it neatly when he thought nobody was looking.
Don"Munch" Gardner, a Marine Corps veteran, was secretly taped honoring the flag by Huntingdon, Utah resident Brooke Cowley, according to"I was a complete idiot! I was cleaning our porch while the kids did an Easter egg hunt. I threw away our flag and pole because it had broken and ripped," Cowley wrote on Facebook.
Gardner, who spends eight to 12 hours per day collecting garbage cans across Emery and Carbon counties in Utah, told a local outlet that he has saved at least a dozen flags from the landfill in the past 11 years. He said he is angered when he sees flags thrown away."Sometimes it’s a mistake. Most of the time, it’s on purpose. I have a problem with that, so I just take it out take care of it," he said.
Gardner also explained that there is a proper way to dispose of an American flag."Anybody in Emery County that knows me, if you don’t know what to do with it, get it to me," he said."I’ll make sure it’s took care of proper." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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