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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho's got a flag flying today?
I'm just curious. Mine is out flying, as it is on all national holidays.
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Mine is out and flying. | |
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Oops...I'm on my way to put it out. | |
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I don't fly the flag on holidays. | |
3 (18%) |
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I don't like the symbolism of the flag. | |
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What is there to celebrate, really? | |
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Is this a holiday? | |
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Other. | |
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warrior1
(12,325 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I disagree with it, though. A flag represents whatever an individual thinks it represents. For me the flag is a symbol of the revolutionary spirit that got this country started. It's especially fitting that it flies on this particular holiday, I think.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)I think it stands for nationalism and the whole (uncensored) history of the United States.
sarisataka
(18,770 posts)Revolutionary spirit, nationalism, the entire history of the country...
There is good and bad in all of those, not all nationalism is bad and there are great chunks of our collective history that are not good.
It is all of those things together that create the potential for what good we can do. We saw glimmers of that post 9/11 until George II squandered the opportunity for the U.S. and the world to leap to something better. I like to believe, with a lot of work, we can still achieve what was missed.
Have a Happy and Safe 4th
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)but forgot yesterday, so it's up today and tomorrow and possibly Friday. edit for grammar.
YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)But I have my uncle Sam smiley up on my facebook with a painting of the fathers signing the Declaration of Independence.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Oh, well.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)May the 4th be with you all anyway.
sarisataka
(18,770 posts)A UK officer was the referee. The coin toss went as follows:
"In honor of the American holiday we will use a United States quarter for the toss. Tails has the eagle emblem of the United states whereas heads bears the likeness of the insurrectionist leader George Washington."
UK won 4-1
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)bluerum
(6,109 posts)and slow cooking some country ribs.
Oh. And drinking some wine.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I'll do the same for you.
bluerum
(6,109 posts)You are being honored a great deal!
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)just sayin...
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)I have a scarf ornamented with flags draped on the table, and have on my flag t-shirt. I also have a donkey Beanie Baby, (red white & blue) but it is also in storage.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)dmr
(28,349 posts)When I was a little girl, my dad told me the story of the Battle of Fort McHenry during the war of 1812.
I've a lot of respect for the flag.
randome
(34,845 posts)Does that count? Sounds as patriotic to me as anything else, I suppose.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)brewens
(13,620 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)We stand ready to throw teabaggers into the harbor this time around.
peace13
(11,076 posts)calikid
(584 posts)and will pick them all up later, along with my wife (the instigator), daughter, son in law, and one other friend. We do this about six times a year.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)When I was in the house I had one and flew it on appropriate holidays. Don't even know if I still have it.......
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)We could put one up for ourselves, but it is not high on our priority list.
When we lived at the house before this one, we planned on putting up a flag pole, but never got around to it.