Stop Insulting my Flag

Yes, it's only cloth, but it symbolizes all of the freedoms that we enjoy here in the United States of America and more than that, it symbolizes all of the sacrifices that have been made to keep those freedoms and rights.

We should all be teaching our kids about respect for the flag and the patriotic traditions of out nation, but do we...NO. Heck when I talk to adults about this it amazes me to discover than most of them don't have a clue....

Three examples over just the last week...

A former Mayor passes away in Linton Indiana, the current Mayor order flags in the city to be flown at half staff......Problem, only the President of the United States or the Governor of a state has the authority to order the national flag to flown at half staff.

Same town...worse example....the VFW lowers it's flag to half staff for this "mourning period" but leaves the POW and state flag flying at full staff......there is only one occasion where a flag can fly above the US Flag...a US Navy ship at sea, flies the church flag above the US Flag while services are being conducted by a Navy Chaplain.

Jasper Indiana, not as bad but insulting....McDonalds flies a US Flag and a McDonalds flag from the same halyard...the McDonalds flag is much larger than the US Flag....


Come on people...US Code Title 36...read it and live it!