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Posted on 06/12/2008 4:57:53 PM PDT by jazusamo
Washington, DC —
Just about everyone in America knows that Sunday, June 15, is Father's Day. The "Day for Dads" has been celebrated on the third Sunday of June since 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson decreed it to be so. Those who make and sell power tools and greeting cards have been grateful ever since. Somehow, it just isn't the same for June 14th — Flag Day — and by no coincidence, the U.S. Army's anniversary.
Father's Day is traditionally memorialized with gifts, cards and calls for dear old dad. Flag Day is all but forgotten. But this year, with the holidays as close as they ever get, there is good reason to celebrate both. As you read this column, tens of thousands of American dads are wearing our country's flag on their shoulders, helmets or flak jackets while serving far from home under some of the most difficult and dangerous conditions imaginable.
Scores of books have been written about the diminished respect accorded American fathers in our culture. Dads are derided and denigrated in everything from cartoons to commercials. For decades our entertainment industry and mainstream media have been depicting dads as everything from bumbling buffoons to pathological predators. The dads of "Little House on the Prairie" and "Bonanza" have all passed from the scene. And just like those iconic, heroic dads of yesteryear, waving the flag has gone out of style.
Oh sure, there was that brief flurry of flag-waving in the aftermath of 9/11. We can still find on the Internet, images of soot-covered firemen hanging the Stars and Stripes at the shattered wreckage of the World Trade Center or on the fire-scorched west wall of the Pentagon. And some of us can still recall commuting to work beneath bridges and overpasses...
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And if possible, position yourself with your back to the Supreme Court.
Thanks CMN, great pic. With your permission I’ll rip it off. :)
Only if you break wind at Congress for the grand finale.
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