Uncategorized June 14, 2025 -Dangers to Democracy in the United States 2025-06-142025-06-14 My flagpole and the flags I fly are not generally a political statement. I fly flags because it brings me joy to do so. Occasionally, when the events move me,…
Uncategorized July 4, 2024 – Independence Day 2024-07-042024-07-04 Happy Independence Day! This is my favorite holiday of the year! I choose to celebrate sprit of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on this…
Uncategorized June 14, 2024 – A New Constellation 2024-06-142024-06-14 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed a simple resolution, reading, “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and while; that the…
Uncategorized July 4, 2021 – Independence Day 2021-07-042021-07-04 Today is the 245th anniversary of the United States becoming an independent nation. For the past two and a half centuries, the people of the United States have striven to…
Uncategorized February 12, 2021 – Lincoln’s Birthday 2021-02-122021-02-06 Today, the Star Spangled Banner and the flag of Illinois fly in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birth on February 12, 1809. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States…
Uncategorized June 14, 2020 – A New Constellation 2020-06-142020-06-24 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed a simple resolution, reading, “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and while; that the…
Uncategorized June 14, 2019 – Flag Day 2019-06-142020-05-29 On Flag Day 2019, I hung the colors of the United States on Mr. Alvis's flag pole and the Betsy Ross and Star Spangled Banner on the porch.
Uncategorized A New Constellation 2019-06-122025-06-12 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed a simple resolution, reading, “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and while; that the…
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