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Posted in Flag Facts, Flag Photos, Flags in the News on Aug 18th, 2009
Last October on The Daily Flag, I wrote an article titled Texas Fold ‘Em, about folding the Texas flag. The gist of the article was that there was not an official way to fold the flag, although state offices have traditionally folded it the same way the U.S. flag is folded. Early this summer, the [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, History, Scouting on Sep 26th, 2008
A photo reminder of what not to do, on half-staff flag days. Remember, when the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff, all the other flags are lowered to half-staff, too. The next scheduled half-staff flag day is December 7—National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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 Editorial on Mar 10th, 2008
At long last, a little relief. My news reader overfloweth no more … at least not as bad as before the politicians came to Texas. The Texas primaries were held last week and I’m sure glad they’re finished. The influx of news stories including references to flags saw a significant increase over the last month. [...]
Posted in Editorial on Feb 21st, 2008
Larry wrote yesterday about the Winter Texan Reception, a yearly event hosted by the Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce. Canyon Lake, here in the Texas Hill Country, was formed when the Army Corps of Engineers built a massive dam across the beautiful but unpredictable Guadalupe River. The mild winter climate, beautiful lake, and rugged hills [...]
