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 »
This photo is posted for more than the obvious reason. 1. The obvious….angry protestors overseas are burning the American flag. They may as well stay overseas because if they pull that stunt in America they may just not make it back to their homeland! 2. Look carefully at that American flag, specifically at the upper … Continue reading »
When it comes to kids using their imagination, and creating art, the possibilities are endless. This isn’t so much a post about bad flag behavior taking place, but instead a brief story about someone disrepecting the American flag by calling it offensive. In California’s Santa Rita School District, a middle school art teacher told her … Continue reading »
This photo is from an anti-war protest a few years back. Obviously dragging the American flag on the ground almost like a dead dog isn’t exactly the best practices. Stand up for your country by NOT dragging the flag on the ground! Nobody will take you serious if you pull that stunt! The US Flag … Continue reading »
I normally blog about the American flag, however thanks to @HollandMast on Twitter, my attention was brought to the French Flag, and a little bit of controversy surrounding their flag in the news recently! This photo was actually published in a newspaper recently, making quite a few people quite mad! The photo was taken in … Continue reading »
The names of the two men identified as people of interest in a case of vandalism regarding an American flag have been released. Ryan Smith, 25, of Bermuda Dunes and 26-year-old Matt Siefert of Palm Desert are the men responsible for replacing an American flag with a Canadian flag atop a mountain between Indian Wells … Continue reading »
This video isn’t new news, it’s been out for a while but when it appeared first in the news, a lot of people got outraged by it. It was a video submitted for Obamas Health Reform Video Challenge and titled “Saber Speaks” by Daniel Lahoda and Saber. What are your thoughts on it? Is it … Continue reading »
Dear Tea Partiers, You’ve made it into protester month on the blog. Why? Because you modified the American flag. Tisk tisk, not very good flag etiquette. I understand you are angry, and it seems you have very little to do during the week since you’re able to cause disruption around the country. However, it isn’t … Continue reading »
In Seattle a few years back, a protest for Immigration brought about this photo. I gotta say, if you’re fighting to stay in America, perhaps flying YOUR nations flag above the American flag isn’t a good start? The flag of Mexico should not be above the American flag while it is being displayed in America, … Continue reading »
At the Heart of the beast May Day festival in Minneapolis, demonstrators carry an upside down flag. The American flag is to be carried upside down during a time of distress. The flag is also filthy and written on. The US Flag Code prohibits any writing, painting, etc on the American Flag. Even if you … Continue reading »
In 1976, during a desgregation protest, Ted Landsmark was stabbed with an American flag.This iconic photograph came to signify the African American fight for equality. I’m not even sure the US Flag code has a section for using the American flag as a weapon. It’s safe to say though, you don’t go stabbing people with … Continue reading »
