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    Old 04-07-2010, 03:01 AM
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    he asked me if people still flew the American Flag..they did right after 9-11..for a year or so..The Pride showed.
    and now..not so much.
    i still fly the flag on a large straight pole. it gets lowered to half staff when a Michigan soldier is KIA. It stays lighted up at night.
    from what started as a whole block of houses flying it 9 years ago..to about 5 or 6 of us. (i have old Marines living on both sides of me..)
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    Old 04-07-2010, 03:07 AM
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    we still fly ours daily, unless it is just too windy/weathery. every member of our families (both sides) display their flag...and we wear red on fridays (support our troops day/color!
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    Old 04-07-2010, 03:11 AM
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    We still fly ours, but do take it down in the winter, back up for spring, summer and fall.
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    Old 04-07-2010, 05:22 AM
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    We fly our flag day and night in support of our troops and will continue to do so as long as they are in harms way.
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    Old 04-07-2010, 05:55 AM
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    I don't have a flag up at my house, but I have a flag up in my cubicle at work.

    I support the military & believe it's more important to act than just wave a flag around. (off the soap box now)
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    Old 04-07-2010, 05:57 AM
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    We fly ours 24/7 and replace when it gets tattered. My pet peeve is people flying "rags"....so disrespectful ...IMHO..
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    Old 04-07-2010, 05:59 AM
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    We display a flag year round. Wouldn't feel like home without a flag. An in-law, from another country, asked why so many Americans fly the flag. I told her it's because we like who we are as a country.
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    Old 04-07-2010, 06:01 AM
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    Mine is flown everyday, rain, snow, or shine....
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    Old 04-07-2010, 08:52 AM
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    We have a flag pole in our yard. I have a flower bed around it. It was one of the first things DH had put in when we bought the house.
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