http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/flag/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:53:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285534/posts Something uplifting for you, courtesy of Savannah writer, Carol Megathlin.It's the story of a small US flag, transferred into the hands of a SC soldier deployed to Iraq, and it's return home... with the soldier. Per Carol, now in possession of that flag, it's worn and weary from the experiences... much like that young soldier. But, like that soldier, that flag is a cherished possession. Read, and be of good cheer and pride in America's finest.... our military. On the wall next to my computer hangs a small American flag. It is tattered and dirty, but there is no way... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285534/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284642/posts “And the rocket’s red glare ..... the bombs bursting in air ..... gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ..... O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284642/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:32:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283793/posts War veterans are asking Americans across the country to fly their flags upside down this Fourth of July weekend. They say it’s a sign of distress and a protest against the Veterans Administration. A small group of veterans picketed outside the Canandaigua VA Hospital Wednesday afternoon. They were protesting the closing of VA hospitals across the country. They say those that aren't closing are being sold off or leased to outside interests, depriving veterans the treatment they have earned. Displaying the American flag upside down, however, is considered by some to be disrespectful. “We're not disgracing the flag but telling... RNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283793/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:18:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283075/posts ust as many North Texans are flying U.S. flags in anticipation of the Fourth of July, vandals are torching them in a far North Dallas neighborhood. A far North Dallas man says all that remains of his flags is a pile of charred fabric. A pile of charred fabric is all that remains of the two flags that once flew outside Ed Jordan's house in a quaint cul-de-sac off Spring Valley and Preston roads. "I think this border might have been the American flag," Jordan said as he sifted through the scorched remains. On Friday, he hung a flag honoring... DFW News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283075/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272035/posts An outstanding Flag Day rally was held on the steps of the Chester County Courthouse today. About 150 patriots gathered to celebrate the Flag and nation it represents. Thank You Sheepdogs for making this day happen! Special thanks to Rep Curt Schroder, Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh, Chris Hill and West Chester's Mayor - Dick Yoder for taking time out of their hectic schedule to participate in this event. Videos of their speeches are posted below the fold. I've posted a few photos from the event for you to peruse. The complete set of photos can be found on FLICKRUPDATE: The DLN... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272035/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271774/posts Happy Birthday, Old Glory! National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271774/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271374/posts And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271374/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263023/posts PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it's bedecked in bunting. Every Memorial Day, volunteers place the flags next to the graves of about 965 veterans buried at Mount Hope Cemetery on the city's north side. The flags were undisturbed during a Mass held Monday. The next day, the Times Herald reported, workers at the cemetery about 55 miles northeast of Detroit noticed several wooden staffs were still in the ground, but the flags themselves had been... Idaho Press Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263023/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261826/posts PORT HURON, Mich. (May 31) -- Squirrel. Thief. Patriot. A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Mich., cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it's bedecked in bunting. AP via AOLNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261826/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 23:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260395/posts What's offensive about the American flag? Some people don't like it but I'm not like that. It reminds me of the tens of thousands of people who have died so I can be free. If you live in the U.S. and display an American flag at your home or in your personal work space no one should tell you to take it down. Who would do that anyway? It would be shameful.According to FoxNews, Kindred Hospital - Mansfield, TX would. A woman with her daughter deployed in Iraq was told to remove the American flag from her area because it... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260395/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 10:38:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260291/posts QUINCY — For the fourth time in nine months, the gay pride flag flying outside the Church of the Presidents has been vandalized. The flag was stolen last August, and again last September. Two months later it was burned, and this week it was stolen yet again. The pastor, the Rev. Sheldon Bennett, said the rainbow flag was taken sometime Monday night, after the church office closed. The flag flies outside the Parish Hall entrance to the church on Washington Street in Quincy Center. It’s a symbol of the congregation’s support for equal rights for gays, lesbian, bisexuals and transgendered... Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260291/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 03:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260120/posts Debbie McLucas comes from a patriotic family – her husband and both of her sons served in the U.S. military, and her daughter is currently deployed to Iraq on her second tour of duty as a combat medic. fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260120/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 21:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259813/posts Imagine being told the flag you put up on your office wall to honor your veteran family members was removed because it "offended" a co-worker... Yeah, it happened Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259813/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 14:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259738/posts "When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive. "I was just totally speechless. I was like, 'You're kidding me,'" McLucas said." (snip) "Wednesday morning, however, our story received nationwide attention. We have received hundreds of emails and comments from people who had something to say about it. Among the supporters was a combat medic in Iraq: Debbie McLucas' daughter, Lillian McLucas Dressig. "My mom is a true hero in my book," she said." KTVT Dallas/Fort Worth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259738/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 12:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259369/posts Kindred Hospital and its corporate bosses in Kentucky got a lesson in patriotism Wednesday. After a thorough roasting in the blogosphere, Kindred officials decided to let hospital supervisor Debbie McLucas put an American flag back on her office wall. "We have invited the employee (McLucas) to put the flag back up," Kindred said in a brief press release. McLucas did not return phone calls from The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday but she told her story on KRLD radio’s early-morning talk show. She said her husband spent 24 years in the U.S. Army. One son is an ex-Marine and a... The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259369/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 22:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259200/posts We’re getting a lot of e-mail on this story, and it’s not hard to see why.  Kindred Hospital in Mansfield, Texas took down an American flag after getting complaints from Debbie McLucas’ co-workers and patients, who thought the display of the flag was offensive.  McLucas, whose daughter is serving in Iraq, wonders whether her daughter has risked her life for nothing: When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive. “I was just totally speechless. I was like, ‘You’re kidding me,’” McLucas said.McLucas’ husband and sons are former military men. Her daughter... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259200/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259177/posts A Texas woman put up an American flag for Memorial Day, and was told to remove it because it was offensive to a coworker. The kicker is the offended employee is not from the United States. I know ... shocker. Needs of the Many http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259177/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259138/posts Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259138/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259112/posts A flag fight is brewing in southern Florida. Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November. Debra Toomer, the branch's chairwoman of press and publicity, said a planning session has been scheduled to decide on a course of action regarding the display of the flag at the Nov. 20-22 event, as well as its presence at city-sponsored events like last year's Veterans Day parade. "The concern is there," Toomer said of Confederate flags.... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259112/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 16:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259001/posts Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office? For one Arlington woman, the answer was "no" after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend. Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. Last week, she hung a three-by-five foot American flag in the office she shares with the other supervisors. When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive. "I was just totally speechless. I was like, 'You're kidding me,'" McLucas said. CBS TV 11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259001/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 13:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258939/posts [Click to zoom.] Click to enlarge CBS 1 of 1 Close numSlides of totalImages Related Slideshows Memorial Day Nation Pauses To Remember Vets America's Soldiers Around The World Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office? For one Arlington woman, the answer was "no" after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend. Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. Last week, she hung a three-by-five foot American flag in the office she shares with the other supervisors. When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss... KVTV Channel 11 Dallas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258939/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 11:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255721/posts When Shane Amundson's girlfriend gave him a large Confederate flag decal for his pickup truck, he had no idea the image would cause a stir at Lakeville South High School. star tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255721/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 19:44:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253557/posts Dozens of police stations lowered the Union Flag and replaced it with a gay rights banner to mark a day of action against homophobia. One police chief said the rainbow flag demonstrated his force's support for homosexuals who felt they were victims of prejudice. But critics warned that it was dangerous for forces to show support for particular campaigns. Earlier this year, Britain's most senior policeman ordered his force not to fly any flags in support of individual groups. Sir Paul Stephenson, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, instructed officers to remove a rainbow flag which had replaced a Union Flag... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253557/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 23:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252846/posts COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Newt Heisley, the designer of the POW/MIA flag adopted by Congress in 1990 as a symbol of the nation's concern for those missing during military actions in Southeast Asia, died. He was 88. [snip] Fox News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252846/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 21:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247206/posts An advisory board that addressed racial issues in Homestead and Florida City has been dissolved, leading some residents to question whether the move was an attempt to stop their fight against the Confederate Flag. Led by Homestead Mayor Lynda Bell, all seven members of the Homestead City Council voted on April 20 to shut down the Homestead/Florida City Human Relations Board (HRB). South Florida Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247206/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:46 GMT