John Badman|The Telegraph It has been very windy for the past few days in Alton but not enough to shred and fade this old glory on a pole in the yard of a house in the 2300 block of Humbert Street in Alton. With the field of blue all but gone and the stripes just a pile of torn strips, its time to retire this flag according to the U.S. Flag Code enacted by Congress in 1942. According to the code "The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used or stored so that it might be easily torn, soiled or damaged in any way." You can learn more about how to hang or display the flag, when to use it and how to dispose of it at usa.gov/flag.

ALTON — It has been very windy for the past few days in Alton, but not enough to shred and fade Old Glory clinging to a pole in the yard of a house in the 2300 block of Humbert Street in Alton. Sliding Window Brush Seals

With the field of blue all but gone, and the stripes just a pile of torn strips, it's time to retire this flag according to the U.S. Flag Code enacted by Congress in 1942.

According to the code "The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used or stored so that it might be easily torn, soiled or damaged in any way."

You can learn more about how to hang or display the flag, when to use it and how to dispose of it at usa.gov/flag.

Window Weather Seal John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for 39 years and has been named the National Press Photographers Association's Region-5 Photographer of the Year six times.