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Posted in Information on Nov 1st, 2007
The weather in Canyon Lake is absolutely gorgeous. So much so, I decided to go out for a short walk this morning for a little fresh air. I chose to walk around a two block area that stretched my legs for about a mile. I started noticing flags right away, and thought I’d count how [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Oct 23rd, 2007
The Boy Scout motto is Be Prepared, and all the stories today prove it. You’ve fallen and hurt yourself miles from help. What do you do now? Relax if Boy Scout Troop 226 is on the Appalachian Trail the same day. These Scouts and Venture Scouts put action to training and show why the Scouting [...]
Posted in Editorial, History, Information on Oct 4th, 2007
Our good friend and occasional field reporter DaveJ commented on a news story with a question about using an animated .gif American flag on a website. The U.S. Flag Code is a unique document: an official detailed users’ handbook of rules that were gathered together and codified in the early 1920s, at the request of [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Jul 6th, 2007
Are you following the stories about U.S. states banning the sale of foreign–made American flags? Five states have either forbidden or are working on legislation to ban the sale of foreign–manufactured flags in their states. Minnesota passed legislation in May as follows: H.F. No. 122, 2nd Engrossment – 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008) Posted on May [...]
Posted in Flag Facts, Uh, Not Exactly on Jun 28th, 2007
Three equal staffs with the U.S. flag properly flown to its own right. The more I read and study, the more one big flag myth stands out. I read the following sentence in a California news article that I won’t even reference because it was filled with so much misinformation. Protocol concerning the use of [...]
