Tag: flag

  • Patriotic or Merely a Frill

    Patriotic or Merely a Frill

    Carefully folding a flag that had rested atop a friend’s casket and presenting that flag to his widow changed my respect for the flag of the United States of America. Some national holidays seem to draw an over abundance of flags and flag-like decorations; notably Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. Some towns decorate…