Especially with Flag Day (June 14) and the Fourth of July just around the corner, let’s get ready to proudly fly our flags—after a quick review of basic flag etiquette. Respecting Old Glory Few people are aware that there is an actual government document that dictates the “proper” way to display our national flag. Dating…
What it Means to Fold an American Flag
ALAMEDA, Calif.—When most people see the American flag, they associate it with freedom but may not know that there is a process to folding the flag, with a special meaning behind each fold. Richard Keefer, a docent at the USS Hornet Museum, spoke with NTD Television about flag folding and its significance. Keefer was a…
Orange County Celebrates Flag Day
June 13, 2022
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June 14 marks National Flag Day—a tradition held dear to many in Orange County. It honors the first official U.S. flag adopted by the Constitutional Congress 245 years ago. Surf City Flags, a family-owned business in Huntington Beach, has been serving its community and service members with custom wooden American flags, and will continue to on…
NYPD Officer Throws American Flag on Floor, Tramples It During Scuffle With Protesters
An NYPD officer who was removing anti-vaccine mandate protestors from a Panera Bread in Brooklyn, New York, on Dec. 19, forcefully grabbed a pole with an American flag from one of them and threw it to the floor, subsequently trampling it during the scuffle. As two other NYPD officers proceeded to arrest Mitchell Bosch, an…
Farmer Stands for National Anthem at High School Football Game, Leaves Crowd Stunned
It was a picture-perfect moment—as golden as a Norman Rockwell painting. Before a high school football game in Virginia, the national anthem was about to play. In a neighboring field, a lone farmer stands patriotically, respectfully, hand over heart. Local mom Monica Osborne captured the magical scene on camera late August, as her son readied for…
Florida Dry Cleaner Presses Flags for Caskets in Military Funerals Free of Charge to Honor Their Sacrifice
Jacksonville businessman Steve Thompson has been pressing clothes at his dry-cleaning shop in Arlington since it opened 25 years ago. For 24 of those years, the owner of Sand Dollar Cleaners has been pressing American flags destined to be laid over military caskets for funerals—and has been doing it free of charge, a service to…
Firefighter Spots American Flag About to Burn During Fierce Auto Shop Blaze—Saves Stars and Stripes
While putting out a blaze that devastated an automotive shop in Georgia early July, a firefighter rescued an American flag from burning. A bystander captured footage of firefighter Kyle Hartsook, who took action on seeing the flames drawing near the flag after consuming most of KO Automotive in Bartow County. “It was just a normal day…
The Olympics, the Flag, and Jesse Owens
Commentary In 1984, President Ronald Reagan addressed the American athletes preparing to compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, telling them: “I know I speak for all your fellow citizens—no matter what political persuasion, no matter what race or religion, no matter if poor, middle class, or affluent—when I tell you that you are our…
Band of Patriotic Teens Scale Mountain Near Their Home to Replace Fallen American Flag in SoCal
American flags sprang up in high and low places around July 4—spray-painted on people’s lawns, in the news (lamentfully), and atop the mountains of Southern California. A band of friends from Santa Clarita ensured a flag would fly atop a mountain near Pico Canyon Park, near their homes, replacing the old and torn one that…
Stirring Photos Show Sheriff’s Deputies Folding American Flag Amidst Rubble After Storm Hits Homes
Two sheriff’s deputies were dispatched when a tornado touched down and severely damaged a number of houses in an Indiana county. In the wake of the storm, stirring photos were taken as the deputies assessed the damage and found an American flag amidst the debris; the images show the two men carefully folding it—an act…
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