And so should you!
Yesterday, I happened to glance over at the flag hanging in the back yard of a neighbor down the street.
Actually, I suppose I should say I glanced over at his flags, since the original flag had long since shredded into six or seven sad, faded pennants.
That got me looking around. There are a lot of flags hanging out there that look like they've been up since 9/12/01.
Far from symbols of patriotism, they are embaressing limp rags.
Bad enough the individual houses, but what concievable excuses do businesses have for flying the colors to death?
Below is a synopsis of some of the federal laws regarding the flag. How many of these people actually take the flag down at night? I don't expect them to know how to fold it properly, but is taking it down at night somehow beyond their patriotic fervor?
The flag isn't a bumber sticker for your yard, people!
My personal plan is to print the below document out and mail it to houses or businesses that are mistreating the flag. I doubt any of them are deliberately violating the law or disrespecting the colors. A simple, anonymouse reminder should wake them up.
Please, if you see similar flags, do so as well.
The preferred manner of disposing an old flag is to respectfully burn it.
It is past time we started remembering that these thread-bare rags should be treated with respect as the symbols that they are supposed to be.
sorry for the rant. this just got under my skin.
