Ask a local Boy Scout troop to properly dispose of the American Flag. When I was in Boy Scouts, every year we would take a camping trip to the Air Force Academy and we would properly dispose of old American Flags there.
You should also put a light on the top so you can fly the American Flag all day and all night.
^ This-I was late reading today.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to Fight, he'll just kill you.