Want to win an American flag? Who doesn’t like winning stuff, we all like winning anything. It’s like the joy of seeing the UPS pull up with a package. So a company in North Carolina is giving away a free US flag to one lucky customer for showing them their in-use picture of Old Glory … Continue reading »
This flag gone wild is from an old article written on Seattles “The Stranger” online site for “2004 scariest costumes”. I don’t even know if this article was written to be serious, or somewhat funny. I guess it all depends on if you like Bush or not. This costume is what they decided to call … Continue reading »
It is still beyond me that this flag even remains available for purchase. It s a clear violation of the Flag Code and disrespectful to the American Flag. The Stars and Straipes should never be replaced with any President, regardless of the reason behind it. This flag flew over a Florida county’s Democratic headquarters right … Continue reading »
Note, as of 1/26/11 the company rewrote their Hawaii flag blog to not be plagiarised. I’ll admit to not being the best writer there is out there on blogs. However, there is nothing I hate more than people who don’t write their own blogs, and worst of all, steal other people’s writing off the web … Continue reading »
The City of Irvine website is proud to tell you a little bit about flag etiquette. However they’re doing poor etiquette in their attempt to tell you about it! See that image to the right? Well that is the image on their website ( http://www.ci.irvine.ca.us ) where they will give you a few tips and offer … Continue reading »
Actress/dancer Julianne Hough decided to perform a little bad flag etiquette recently! Granted this is an American flag towel so it’s not using a fully useable American flag that you would fly, however it’s still violating the Flag Code in itself because Old Glory is not to be reprinted like this. On top of that, … Continue reading »
This year on September 11th, the Ravens-Steelers game started off with a beautiful ceremony honoring the attacks on our country using an oversized American flag covering the field. However, a few of the Baltimore players kept their skull caps on while holding the giant flag!
What’s your thoughts on flag desecration at one of the Occupy protests? Here you can see a dog chewing on the American Flag. And beyond being video taped, it’s also being allowed. I think any protest is an annoying display of people with nothing better to do. And usually it is a disruption of somewhere … Continue reading »
America, meet Etsy.com…the one place you can buy homemade stuff from people all over the world and help them build a smal thriving business. I recently came scross this site form a reader submitted image of a tote that is available for purchase there. World, meet the American Flag bag. Homemade, as you can see, … Continue reading »
Throw away 12,000 American flags? In 2008, Democrats did just that in Denver during the cleanup of Invesco Field after an Obama speech. According to a Denver Post blogger, the flags were on their way to be disposed of at a local landfill when a vendor realized they were being thrown away and turned them … Continue reading »
We recently had a reader ask us how to properly dispose of cemetery marking American flags. As you can see from the image, a lot of American flags have been thrown away. Unfortuantly these mini flags are usually chunked into waste bins or dumpsters after patriotic holidays, events and more and during election season, you’re … Continue reading »
As quoted from the source… This guy has a fruit stand in the parking lot at Joe Patti’s Seafood Store, Pensacola, Florida 32501. He fashioned six US Flags as the “back drop” of his tent The flags are pinned together with safety pins. He does not take them in at dusk nor are they illuminated … Continue reading »
ApartmentTherapy.com, saving the world one room at a time, has decided to give its readers tips on using American flags in the home. Known for its design tips, they show us how you can use Old Glory on the couch as a sofa cover, as well as on a wall as art. First off, the … Continue reading »
A retired U.S. Army chaplain is being threatened with legal action for flying the American flag in his front yard, the Daily Mail reports. Fred Quigley, 77, of Macedonia, Ohio, a minister who served active duty during the Vietnam War, has been told by the homeowners’ association that his flag violates the property rules. The association has … Continue reading »
This is another great photo submission from a reader! This comes to us from the July 2011 issue of Birds and Blooms. This violates the flag code in the sense that “The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.” Now there’s a lot of skepticism about actual flags … Continue reading »
