Old American flag preserved
A 112-year-old flag that once flew over the paper mill in Niagara, Wis., will be preserved at the mill until it closes this fall. Helping to fold the flag are, front from left, Aaron DeCremer, Badger Boys State; Dan Edick, American Legion; Casey Antonissen, Boy Scouts, Joseph Blayney, Badger Boys State; Daniel Parent, Badger Boys State; and Joel Recla, U.S. Army. In back are Tim Phillips, Lance Ellis, Marine Corps veteran; Cecil Cretton Jr., Cecil Cretton Sr., and Hannah Antonissen.
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NIAGARA, Wis. — A 112-year-old flag that once flew over the paper mill in Niagara, Wis., will be preserved and able to be viewed at the mill until it closes this fall.
The 45-star flag was folded in a three-point fold at the Niagara School auditorium. Members of the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Badger State, the United States Army and the Cretton-Tutas American Legion Post 136 were on hand to help fold the flag.
Tim Phillips, president of the Niagara Area Historical Society, said the flag was donated by the Stovenkin family who owned the mill before it was sold to
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