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Quartermaster Jack Brown<\/strong> (left) and Commander Tom Mundell of VFW Post 3944 received a new American flag at Armstrong Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District. Brown\u2019s granddaughter is a third-grader at the school.<\/p>\n During\u00a0 a\u00a0 recent small ceremony in front of the school, Armstrong Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District received a new American flag from VFW Post 3944, Overland\/St. Ann.<\/p>\n Tom Mundell, commander, and Jack Brown, quartermaster, presided over the event, drawing down the old flag with a salute before raising the new flag.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are pleased that the VFW provided our school with a new flag for the new school year,\u201d said Dr. Amy Dittmar, principal of Armstrong Elementary. \u201cWe appreciate their generosity and support.\u201d<\/p>\n Mundell explained that the VFW not only helps veterans and their families, but supports schools and other community needs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe decided the school needed a new flag,\u201d said Mundell. \u201cBy doing this, we are promoting patriotism and American honor among the students so that they understand the importance of honoring the flag and what it stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll come back to the school to talk to the kids about the flag after school starts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Logan Brown, a third-grade student at Armstrong, is the granddaughter of Quartermaster Brown. Her mother, Stephanie Herzog, helped coordinate the ceremony. She is also the school\u2019s Parent-Teacher Association secretary.<\/p>\n The old flag will be disposed of properly by VFW Post 3944 with assistance from an area Boy Scout troop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quartermaster Jack Brown (left) and Commander Tom Mundell of VFW Post 3944 received a new American flag at Armstrong Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District. Brown\u2019s granddaughter is a third-grader at the school. 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