It's my flag, too. I can fly it with all its ambiguities and still feel moved. Flying it is part of my pursuit of happiness.
On patriotic holidays and events, I wear all my red white and blue clothes - some of them tie dyed when Little Cuter was in elementary school. I was just wearing that shirt! she said when she saw my tank top on FaceTime. (Yes, everything we made was very very big. Oversized t-shirts as pajamas is still a thing.)
My gym rat friend, Bill the Marine, gave me a pair of light cotton sweatpants emblazoned with stars and stripes. My $3 Target t with a flag graphic alternates with the sundress that is also about 30 years old. That means they've been worn 90 times at most - Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day - and they show no wear at all.. At this rate there is no earthly reason to add to the collection; they will last forever.
I'm not making a political statement. I'm making an American statement. The America that embraced my immigrant grandparents and helps me live my exceptional life, only 100-some years later makes me very happy and I'm glad to celebrate.
There's a Trump flag - an absolutely giant Trump flag - in my neighborhood, flying below the Stars and Stripes. It's America, so he can do that and incur nothing more than my opprobrium. Seeing it has encouraged me to put our flag out every day for quite a while.
I wonder what people think as they drive by? I wondered what people thought when they saw this?
I have seen those huge trump flags and consider them overcompensation for something overly small -- like a pebble sized heart.
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I like to fly the American flag for some holidays and never was a GOPer. This year we did not as we are at our son's place and though the flag is still there, it'd be his choice to fly or not. It's ridiculous though to assume democrats cannot be proud of their country and patriots. It shows how nutty we are today that something like that would even be said :(
ReplyDeleteNutty indeed, Rain, nutty indeed.
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I SO agree with Rain's comment that it's ridiculous to assume democrats can't be proud of their country and patriots! YES! Our flag usually is out on all the patriotic days - I'd like to keep it out ALL the time, but it's not illuminated and I also don't like to see it rained on in those rare moments we get rain. Maybe that's written down somewhere as flag etiquette?
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DeleteI got lost in it for a nice long time. All your answers are there.
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We live back off the street so no one ever sees our flag if we put it out. We didn't this year, but I did collect a bunch of small flags I have and put them in blue bottles to decorate my patio table. Of course I wear red, white ns blue for the 4th of July.
ReplyDeleteWhen My daughter and the kids shot off fireworks over the bay in the evening I led the singing of patriotic songs as I waved my sparklers. Jill always gets sparklers for " grandma". I like that feeling of celebrating our country. Despite all of its faults, it is a great country and I am privileged to be an American.
SPARKLERS!!! The only fireworks (?) G'ma allowed us to have - and we had lots of them. I have a box in my desk drawer right now.
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