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Posted in Editorial, History, Information on Sep 4th, 2008
Today I want to share a fantastic web site with you.
From the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom—here is the Periodic Table of Videos. What a brilliant idea! I’ve slowly been working my way through these videos, and I am delighted.
I actually keep a small chart of the Periodic Table of the [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Feb 14th, 2008
Flying the U.S. flag in a remote location brings a particular set of challenges. The city of Hampton, Pennsylvania discovered that lighting a large flag where no electricity exists is costly. The engineering department is considering alternate methods to replace the diesel-powered electric generator that powers the floodlight.
Trying to keep the flag lit before dawn’s [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Jan 14th, 2008
It is fun to see a new flag born in the United States. We have the national flag, state flags, city flags and even county flags adorning our flagpoles. I do like the looks of this design from Gary Sides in Nebraska. He uses a good mix of colors and images to tell the story [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Dec 27th, 2007
If you’ve been to the Smithsonian Museum to see the Fort McHenry American flag, you might want to plan another trip. The museum is in the process of a massive upgrade to better show this remaining piece of U.S. history.
Museum face-lift to highlight U.S. flag - - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper
Inspired by the American [...]
Posted in Flag Photos on Dec 21st, 2007
Yesterday I was in San Marcos dropping off some paperwork at a local organization. Last month they bought two 4′x6′ Hercules flags—one U.S. and one Texas—and when I pulled up in front of the building the flags were flying out beautifully. I just had to take a couple of pictures.
In person, the flags have [...]
Posted in History on Dec 20th, 2007
William Driver, born on Saint Patrick’s Day in 1803, grew up among the docks and wharves in the port city of Salem, Massachusetts. Intrigued by the stories of the sailors and fishermen, he persuaded his mother to let him ship out as a cabin boy on the sailing vessel China. He was twelve.
This first voyage [...]
Posted in Information on Dec 19th, 2007
When I first started reading news stories related to flags, I set up several search programs, then subscribed to the RSS feeds of the searches. I set up searches for “American flag,” “U.S. flag,” “Lone Star flag,” and just to make sure, I also set up a search for “flag” that would scoop up all [...]
Posted in Flag Videos on Oct 19th, 2007
Produced by the advertising agency Clayborn Creative Consulting, this tongue-in-cheek flash animation illustrates the creative frustrations that come with trying to please the customer. This frustration is furthermore reinforced by the comments to the blog that provides the link. Some people still didn’t get the humor, and they are reading about it at an advertising [...]
Posted in History, Information on Oct 12th, 2007
Thumbing through a 1984 copy of the Boy Scout Handbook led me to The American Creed. In 1917, William Tyler Page developed this creed by taking lines from famous phrases and sentences from American history.
Here’s the creed:
I believe in
the United States of American as a1
Government of the people, by the people, for the people2;
whose just [...]
Posted in Information on Aug 22nd, 2007
Over the last few days, I’ve had lots of time to think, although being sick isn’t conducive to clear thinking.
Now that I am better, it’s time to review my drug-induced ideas to see which ones are worth exploring further, and which ones I should just drop.
So what did I think about while horizontal? Was it valuable [...]
