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Posted in Flag Photos on Jul 29th, 2008
Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman of Brooklyn, N.Y. was out and about a few weekends ago, and found some red, white, and blue that seemed to follow a theme … wheels! For those of you who don’t live in big cities, the center photo was taken on a train!
To see more of Alex’s work, his [...]
Posted in Flag Videos, History, Information on Jun 13th, 2008
Bob Heft designed our 50-star flag in 1958 as a class project when he was seventeen, and a student in Lancaster, Ohio. Here is his incredible and charming story—in his own words.
NOTE: This video runs for over 48 minutes, and Bob doesn’t start speaking until about 32 seconds on the clock, so be patient [...]
Posted in Flag Videos on May 26th, 2008
Reveille, a short movie—less than 12 minutes.
Posted in Flag Photos, History on May 20th, 2008
This photograph from the Library of Congress is titled:
Airplane on battleship deck with American flag in foreground.
It says further down in the text that the person who cataloged the photo titled it. I can’t imagine how daunting a task it must have been—to catalog the thousands of photographs taken by the military photographers during [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, History on May 14th, 2008
Isn’t this a terrific photo! That particular design of the flag was very popular during the period. There must have been a grand wind blowing in from Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic on that day. Notice how everyone is trying to stand still and pose for the photograph. The sign to the right of the [...]
Posted in Flag Photos on Apr 7th, 2008
Here’s an excellent photo of a pretty flag grouping, rarely seen in this form of display.
As viewed from left to right: American flag, Louisiana state flag, flag of France, flag of Spain.
Posted in Editorial on Mar 13th, 2008
Section 8(f) of the U.S. Flag Code puzzles me.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
Believing that most laws (and rules) have an originating factor, my mind races to understand what must have transpired requiring this sentence’s inclusion in the Flag Code.
I can see it now—
Dateline Washington D.C., [...]
Posted in History on Mar 10th, 2008
Larry and I have have written before about using Google Reader to search for news and stories about flags. Larry has specific search guidelines set up in his reader, and I employ a *different set, but we do overlap in searches for these words: U.S. flag, American flag, Stars and Stripes, Texas flag, and Lone [...]
Posted in Flag Videos on Feb 22nd, 2008
Today’s video comes from the NRA National Outdoor Rifle & Pistol Championships, which are fired at Camp Perry, Ohio, during July and August. This is where the best of the best compete.
(But if you car alarm can’t stand up to cannon fire, what good is it really. Are you going to trust it with your [...]
Posted in Flag Videos on Feb 15th, 2008
Simpler is just better sometimes. Today’s flag flick proves the point—an enormous U.S. flag flying in the wind. Just sixty-one seconds to a better, smiling you.
