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 »
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 »
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 »
I’m disturbed this even exists. I’m a little more disturbed at how many people voted YES. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/06/american-flag-banned-america/ The description for yes says “the safety of the students comes first”. Seriously And they wonder why are kids now days are such sensitive drama queens. We have to protect them against other countries flags? Vote No This … Continue reading »
I copied this straight from the sender, I think its better to get the full version straight from the mouth of the witness! From Larry: On a recent visit to the Inner Harbor Gallery Shops I witnessed a storefront that had been converted to a display for your organization and Fort Mc Henry. What a … Continue reading »
Round….I can’t even remember what round…of the Mexican and American flag week. Flying 2 flags on a single flagpole is one thing, it can be done but never really gracefully on this small of a flagpole. But from what I can gather from this photo, we have a mexican flag flying side-by-side of an American … Continue reading »
Round 3 of the Mexican and American flag disrespect week. Clearly noone got the memo at any american flag shops to create this flag. It’s part American flag, part Mexican flag. For one, we here in american don’t ever want to see any flag become part of ours, especially in this manner. And secondly, who … Continue reading »
Round 2 of the Mexican and American flag etiquette week. Here we have what is known as a protestor, clearly flying both flags on a flagpole. However proper American flag etiquette when your feet are planted on this soil, is to NEVER fly the flag of another country above the American flag. Especially if it’s … Continue reading »
To all of you Veterans out there, say Hellelujah!
If its not bad enough that the oil from BP is destroying our coastlines, how about our flag at the same time. This is a photo from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill showing an American flag covered in a slick of oil in Gulf shore, Alabama. Allowing offshore drilling not only destroys out American economy, … Continue reading »
In 2002, a dozen protesters dragged an American flag in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati Ohio, but the demonstration didn’t end with arrests. Instead, the group dragged and stomped on the flag for several minutes, shouted anti-police slogans and then marched on to City Hall The arrest of one of the protesters … Continue reading »
At Dodger stadium in 1976, two protestors went onto the field (a man and his son) and attempted to burn the American flag in protest of the Vietnam War. Rick Monday, player for the Cubs at that time, saw the two individuals place the flag in the ground and grab their lighters to attempt to … Continue reading »
