Step 01
Nominate
Anyone can nominate a worn flag — a home, church, school, cemetery, or business.
Nominate a flag →
See a worn flag?
We’ll replace it — free.
On the first Saturday of every month, veterans gather for breakfast, brief like a team, and deploy in small crews to replace worn flags at homes and businesses across the community.
Veteran-led — supporters and volunteers of every background are welcome.
No flag flies worn. No veteran stands alone.
We always reach the flag’s owner for permission before we replace anything — a nomination is a heads-up, not a guarantee.
1st Sat.
Every month
$0
Cost to community
25+
Chapters by year 3
1
Mission. Two problems.
The mission, in three parts
Flags replaced. Veterans reconnected.
Step 02
Muster
Veterans gather the first Saturday of every month for breakfast, brief, and a route.
Join the mission →Step 03
Replace & Retire
New colors go up at no cost. Old colors come down and are retired with honor, in partnership with local veterans’ organizations.
Read the mission →
Why this mission
Two problems.
One answer.
Tattered flags nobody replaces, and veterans who lost their tribe the day they took off the uniform — one program answers both. The flags get them in the door. The brotherhood is what keeps them coming back.
Read the full mission →Where we serve
A national mission, run chapter by chapter.
Keep the Standard serves any community where a chapter operates — we replace flags wherever a local chapter exists. Nominations from areas without a chapter yet go on a waitlist, and those nominations are how we decide where we grow next.
We always reach the flag’s owner for permission before we replace anything — a nomination is a heads-up, not a guarantee.
Nominate a flag →Stand with us every month
Every flag we replace is paid for by someone like you.
We don't charge the community — not the family, not the church, not the school. That only works because a small group of monthly supporters funds the flags, the fuel, and the breakfast that gets our veterans in the room. Recurring gifts are the mission.
$10/mo
Retires one worn flag with honor
$25/mo
Replaces a full-size flag every month
$50/mo
Feeds a veteran muster breakfast
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