So, here it is, Memorial Day, only my next door neighbor and I have the American flag flying. I know the rest of them have one. Cause you saw one on every house after 9/11...
I want to go door-to-door and remind them what this holiday is about...
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So, here it is, Memorial Day, only my next door neighbor and I have the American flag flying. I know the rest of them have one. Cause you saw one on every house after 9/11...
I want to go door-to-door and remind them what this holiday is about...
Maybe they'll put it up after they get from the mattress store.
I'm guilty of not flying the flag today...I know embarassing(sp)! It's because I just got new siding on the house and haven't put the flag anchor up. I do though, have several American Flag ornaments(sp) in the yard so I hope that helps...Happy Memorial Day
Don't take it too personally. I'm a disabled vet and don't even have one up. My HOA does not allow flagpoles therefore I can't display one properly (flags are correctly hung horizontally or vertically, not diagonally). Stupid HOA's...
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Originally Posted by coloccw
same boat here with the HOA, but a flag flying crooked is better than no flag flying at all
several flying on my block... no hoa.
Memorial day is about flying the flag? I thought it was about remembering and appreciating those who fought and died to protect this country.
[Beer]
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No, its not about flying the flag, BUT flying the flag is yet another way to show your appreciation and remembrance of their sacrifice...
Memorial Day is also one of those days designated where the flag should be displayed in particular...
We're all on the same page about what this holiday is about. So, don't take this as being argumentative, just explaining my position... [Beer]
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Originally Posted by Hoosier
Yeah I can dig it, it just seems to me that if you expect everyone to fly the flag, then those who do won't be as special. Also, like wearing an American flag pin on your blazer or having one on your car. Seems like it gets to the point where if you don't have one, you aren't considered patriotic. The American flag I own that means the most to me is the patch my relatives wore through Vietnam. I had one on my car, but scraped it off when the sun started washing the colors out. My favorite is the olive drab velcro one on my go-bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by AR_ART
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I've been dealing with so much $hite from work today, I forgot to put my flag out till I saw this thread.
She's flying now
M2MG
stopped by a wwll vets headstone today, my kid said how do you know him . i said i don't i just want to tell him thank you.and thanks to all the vets out there
^^^^ That is absolutely awesome! What a fantastic thing to teach your kids too!
I built a flagpole. Am flying the flag. I was going to take the family down to Ft. Logan, but didn't get there, maybe this next weekend we'll take the kids down there and hopefully they will understand. My immediate family has never had to serve or chosen to, are we bad people? Bad Americans? My grandparents did their part, but indirectly by supporting other services during WWII, and I have an uncle who served. I fly the flag for everyone involved.
Displaying the colors proudly but that's nothing new for me since I fly 24/7/365 and have it lighted at night as well on a spot light. Noticed only a few others in this neighborhood chose to do the same and it's not due to lack of money...
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Originally Posted by gnihcraes
No. serving in the military isn't for everybody, and not everybody can serve (even if they want to). This doesn't make them/you bad people/Americans.
In WWII, my moms dad was a LtCol in the Pacific (on MacArthurs staff; he continued serving through Korea), while my mom's mom was a Major - a nurse. At the same time, my dad's father was the lead electrical inspector of bombers coming out of the bomber plant in Kansas City, MO. My dad's mom also worked at that plant.
Come Vietnam, my dad was disqualified to serve due to physical problems. Instead, he went to college to learn a skill that he felt could help the country - civil engineering/metallurgy. he wasn't a bad person either.
For every person that serves, it takes many more back home to continue to make their contributions. When I retured from the USAF, my wife received a fantastic OFFICIAL "thank you" for her service to the country as well.
The whole deal is that it's a team effort.
Now, if you were out burning the flag and spitting on servicemembers, or spitting hateful, poisonous comments about those who serve or their families (like Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church), that would be a different matter entirely.
Oh, and an occasional "Thank you" to those who serve sure means a lot to them too!
I make it a habit to do this regularly... not just on holidays. I know it's not much but I hope it's a small token that conveys that not everyone takes them or their freedom for granted.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
We flew our flag yesterday ... we used to fly it every day but more and more I'm convinced the flag is a symbol of a nation that no longer exists (or worse, will eventually become the symbol of a nation that is 180deg out of phase with what we generally think of as "America").
Maybe I need to get a big banner of the Constitution and fly that instead.
Oh man totally couldn't do that here, the winds we get are incredibly intense. It'd be shredded after just one windstorm. The winds were so bad they took the glasses off my face and threw them into a two acre lot, never to be seen again. 60+ mph gusts. Maybe if I had a anemometer that triggered a pully to winch the flag down into a tube at the base when the winds exceeded some threshold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jer
Anyway, good on ya for doing it if you can.
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We live up against the foothills and I will save the stories of horrible wind gusts (think large stainless six burner BBQ grill w/cabinet thrown halfway across the lawn at 3:00am) but I'm lucky that the way the garage extends it shelters the front porch from the brunt of the winds for the most part. It still blows but not as bad as if I mounted it out on the face of the garage or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
New flag went up the day after 9/11 -has been replaced 3 or 4 times. When's it coming down ?-I have no idea at this time.
I sat out on my (well covered) patio during a hurricane... was passing a good ways away, probably just 50mph winds where I was. And it doesn't compare at all to this crazy stuff out here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jer
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