Tag: Flag Day

Flag Day–2023

Today is Flag Day…the time when we set aside to honor and display our nation’s symbol….

Of all the flags on display by all those so-called ‘patriots’ about 70% are display incorrectly.

If you display thew America flag then display it properly.

https://i.imgur.com/PXOM2P2.jpg

A little history because most have no damn idea.

It Is Flag Day!

June 14–The Day Of The Flag

Not a national holiday but that is no excuse for a shoddy display of our flag.

On Flag Day you should learn some American history…..

On June 14, 1954, Flag Day that year, President Eisenhower signed a joint resolution of Congress amending the 1942 Flag Code, adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.  The president had only recently been baptized a Presbyterian and was apparently in a religious feeling when he declared “the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.”

Not surprisingly, not everyone agreed.  The backdrop to this issue was the Cold War, the struggle of atheistic communism against “Christian” democracy and capitalism.  Eisenhower and Congress clearly wanted to differentiate us from them.

Many people already were against the Pledge of Allegiance on religious or philosophical grounds.  Jehovah’s Witnesses thought the saying of the Pledge to the Flag was a form of idolatry.  Forcing schoolchildren to  recite the Pledge in the classroom was a breach of religious freedom, they said.  Making a provision where the non-pledgers could silently sit or stand without reciting the Pledge was unacceptable because of the ostracism sure to come down on the children not saying the pledge from the other kids.

Additionally, constitutional purist have always objected to the Pledge on the grounds that in a democracy based on dissent people should not be saying an oath of loyalty.  That seemed too much like the totalitarian states with all their pledges, oaths and affirmations.  The First Amendment should prohibit forcing certain speech just as it allows free speech.  Again, the argument against having school children say the Pledge and allowing “dissenters” to remain silent was considered unacceptable because of the peer pressure sure to follow.

June 14, 1954: President Signs Controversial “Under God” into Pledge of Allegiance

Have a good day and a better tomorrow.

Be Smart!

Learn Stuff!

Have a good day…..

“lego ergo scribo”

Closing Thought–14Jun21

TODAY IS FLAG DAY!

AS I travel around I notice that the American flag is being proudly displayed…..and most of the displays are done completely wrong.

I thought since today is Flag Day that I would help the idiots learn the proper way of display…..

It is the universal custom to display the American flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

r/MURICA - The Flag Etiquette

Then there are the DON’Ts…..

May be an image of text that says 'AMERICAN FLAG DON'TS Don't use the flag as clothing drapery. Don't place any mark, letter, number drawing on the flag. Don't let the flag touch the ground. Don't display faded, torn, or tattered flag. Synthetic flags can washed in cold water with mild detergent, while older flags can be hand-washed with Woolite. Flags damaged beyond repair should disposed ofir a dignified manner, such as burning. Don't put your flag away unfolded.'

It is sad that so-called “patriots” need to be schooled all the time in the object that profess to adore.

If you display the flag then for god’s sake display it properly…..or stop pretending.

Did you know that in 1942 the Supreme Court ruled against requiring students to salute the American flag is unconstitutional?

Now You Know!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”