1.   A New York art teacher who refused to take part in the daily flag ceremony was dismissed from her post.

2.   A few onlookers shed quiet tears and sniffled, but most merely watched the flag ceremony in curiosity.

3.   A separate flag retiring ceremony, in which veterans burn the flag, will take place in a few months in the city of San Fernando, Calif.

4.   But in its own way, the flag ceremony will be unmatched.

5.   Diaz said the VFW traditionally buries the ashes after the flag burning ceremony.

6.   Friends coaxed her to get involved with the flag ceremonies at the cemetery, which has become like a second home to her.

7.   He said the post holds flag burning ceremonies as enough flags are collected to warrant such a ceremony.

8.   Later, as the show was winding up, there was an international flag ceremony.

9.   One special observance will be the annual flag ceremony at the Long Island National Cemetery here.

10.   Ruiz did not take part in the flag ceremony.