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Flags Bring Smiles

There are several things about the flag business I enjoy, but one stands above the rest. When I introduce myself to people and tell them what I do, they smile. Not that big toothy grin you sometimes see, but a gentle smile where the ends of the lips turn up.
In sales for many years, I [...]

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Hoist the American Flag Briskly

Raising the American flag at sunrise each morning is a celebration of what our flag stands for. Francis Scott Key said so well,
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
‘T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O’er the land of the free [...]

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Recent high-profile sporting events left me wondering about the protocol for the National Anthem, like the one for the Pledge of Allegiance in the U.S. Flag Code.
The protocol for the Pledge of Allegiance is laid out in the Flag code Section 4
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of [...]

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