Flag Day

[Minotaur]

This is how I celebrate:

I tear up when I hear the National Anthem
I welcome new Immigrants to America year round knowing they are we.
I do not wear flag clothes remembering there is the blood on our flag of all who protected her.
I do not try to out-flag fellow Americans, all equally protected by her.
I do not try to out-patriotic Americans knowing full well there is no way to be an American than being who we are as a melting pot.
I smile when I see a Mexican flag in a Cinco de Mayo celebration in an American park knowing the stars and stripes would be proud.
I hang the US flag only on the day being celebrated and then I take her down with the respect and gratitude she deserves.

I celebrate the flag quietly humbled by those quiet moments.

That is my way and the only way I know to say thank you in the face of something built by such a breathtakingly beautiful fabric.

 

[JackDallas]

This is how I celebrate:

I tear up when I hear the National Anthem
I welcome new Immigrants to America year round knowing they are we.
I do not wear flag clothes remembering there is the blood on our flag of all who protected her.
I do not try to out-flag fellow Americans, all equally protected by her.
I do not try to out-patriotic Americans knowing full well there is no way to be an American than being who we are as a melting pot.
I smile when I see a Mexican flag in a Cinco de Mayo celebration in an American park knowing the stars and stripes would be proud.
I hang the US flag only on the day being celebrated and then I take her down with the respect and gratitude she deserves.

I celebrate the flag quietly humbled by those quiet moments.

That is my way and the only way I know to say thank you in the face of something built by such a breathtakingly beautiful fabric.

Mine flies all day, every day, unless it rains

 

[Minotaur]

I can't do that Jack as you can see by what I wrote. Never could. Funny how we are all so different in so many ways but we love our flag and country.