Today is Flay Day and we put our flag out early this morning while it was still foggy. We have been flying a flag on special occasions for as long as I can remember. I always enjoy seeing the large US flags flying on tall flagpoles when we travel places. Especially if the wind is blowing, making flag furl in the breeze. It bothers me when people leave tattered and torn flags hanging. Before he died, our neighbor used to call and tell people when they needed to replace their flag.
You only have to leave the US and travel to other parts of the world, and come home and see our flag displayed to make your heart swell with pride.
As a member of the Daughters or the American Revolution, we take great pride in promoting "fly your flag". We say the Pledge of Allegiance at our meetings and sing the Star Spangled Banner. I belong to some other civic groups and we too always say the pledge. I hope we never stop doing that.
I remember when Alaska and Hawaii were added as states and 2 more stars were added to the American flag in 1960. We had a flag with 48 stars for a long time.
Today we are saddened with the death of a great newsman, Tim Russert, who died from a heart attack yesterday while at work. I think it is very fitting that his home town of Buffalo, NY has their flags flying at half-staff. Recently our young friend David Bannister, who was a city councilman, died suddenly, and the city honored him by flying the flag at half mast.
God Bless America!
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