Saturday, October 13, 2012

Our Flag, waving it, respecting it and


We proudly fly a flag. It's one of the type that fits in a brace on the side of a building wall. It's waving daily. Occasionally I forget to put it out. Occasionally I forget to take it down. Rarely have I ever left it out when it's raining. I love the American Flag. I love what it represents. I proudly served under it. I admire everyone else who has. I respect the sacrifices that have been made in its name.

I wanted to use a picture of the flag waving in the breeze. Enter my faithful Google. I found the one below and before I go on with the purpose of this post, I'd like to tell you about the picture.

I don't intentionally steal something that's been copyrighted nor do I plagiarise. I credit my source and try not to forget to provide a link to the originator. I found this picture and followed the link. This picture was part of an interesting story that includes information about this piece of art and blends with my reason for starting this post. I'll only include this part... 

"Image Detail: Melinda Bula of El Dorado Hills, Calif., made this art quilt for her son serving in the U.S. Marines. It’s titled 'Our Flag Was Still There.' "

4 comments:

  1. When you get ready to replace your flag, I suggest you contact an area Boy Scout Troop to retire your flag with honor and respect. It is good practice for them as well as teaches them the proper respect for the flag. And thanks for not only flying the flag, but for showing respect for it as well. Well done, H.L.

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    1. Thank you, Coffeypot. Don't why I left that out. American Legion and VFW Posts also retire flags as a public service and there's a formal ceremony spelled out in our manuals.

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  2. Nice post. Thank you. Now if we can keep this flag from flying.
    http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2012/09/20/the-obama-campaigns-redesigned-flag-clever-and-creative-or-downright-disrespectful/

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    1. When that "thing" first appeared I had mixed emotions. It's creative, yes, but the purpose was to represent the USA flag and I didn't care for that. Then the pictures of the blood smears on the wall showed up. That tipped me over into the PO'd column.

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