flying a state flag

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC flag would be cool, VA not so much. We had a holder on our house, but just out the American flag up around Independence Day. I'm a little weirded out by people who hang it year round. You shouldn't love your country that much.

Twelve years years ago this coming week, just about all of us were flying our American flags.

Never forget.

And by "never forget" I can only assume you mean to write your congressperson to tell them to vote no on action in Syria since 911 was brought to you by American foreign policy.

Nope. What I mean is that I'll never forget the loss of my friend who was on the plane that went into the Pentagon.

But, that event was not about you and does not entitle you to become strident and treacly every year Sept. 11 comes around again. I hope you're not one of these people who post on Facebook about it.

It happened. It sucked. We know. We don't need to be told how to feel about it by you or anyone else.

Well, don't you feel good about yourself now that you said that?

[Anonymous]

OP here. I really didn't mean to start anything. DH has a sentimental attachment to MD-I don't. Knowing how sensitive some people are about this issue, perhaps we should refrain. Though the sensitivity seems to be more about an American flag, not a state flag. We wouldn't fly both for purely aesthetic reasons - our house is tiny.

[Anonymous]

I just want to confirm that you own your new home. One of my best friends was really pissed when her renters installed a flag bracket on her house and installed the US flag. She is of the opinion that the US has crossed over from patriotism to nationalism (strong stuff coming from a military brat and international relief worker). I tend to agree.

The volume of flag waving over the past 11 years scares me as a life long resident of this area. We recently had an exchange student who comment that "our" daily/normal level of flag waving matched her country's World Cup time.

Nationalism is scary stuff. Get a flower flag or stick with the MD flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just want to confirm that you own your new home. One of my best friends was really pissed when her renters installed a flag bracket on her house and installed the US flag. She is of the opinion that the US has crossed over from patriotism to nationalism (strong stuff coming from a military brat and international relief worker). I tend to agree.

The volume of flag waving over the past 11 years scares me as a life long resident of this area. We recently had an exchange student who comment that "our" daily/normal level of flag waving matched her country's World Cup time.

Nationalism is scary stuff. Get a flower flag or stick with the MD flag.

I love those renters.

[Anonymous]

My dad flies the MA state flag every Patriots' Day. From MA but he lives outside of Philly.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of something one of the TV news comedians was saying around 9/11: "Go ahead and fly your American flag - it's LITERALLY the LEAST YOU CAN DO."

[Anonymous]

Growing up I daily raised and took down the flag that flew in front of my grandmother's house. It was my honor to do this. My grandfather was a Korean War veteran. He was 19 years old when he was drafted. He received the Purple Heart.

My father daily flew his American and POW-MIA flag. He was a Naval Academy graduate received the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Vietnam War.

My brother recently served in Iraq.

I am a Foreign Service Officer. I love my country. I love representing it overseas. It is not perfect, but I do believe it is generally in the right, but I do not cringe from criticizing it when it's wrong. As Stephen Decatur said, in his famous toast,“Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but right or wrong, our country!” Or as restated by Carl Schurz, “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”

One of my most emotional moments came when I served in Korea. An elderly Korean man has heard my grand-father has served in the Korean War. He took my hand and said, You tell him from me, thank you."

I fly my flag every day, because it memorializes the members of my family who served. It is a statement of pride in their service. It is also a statement of pride in bring American. It is our flag, not, as in do many countries, the state flag. It represents the hopes and dreams of my immigrant ancestors who came here from Europe and found s better life. Like the Statue of Liberty, it is s beacon for those seeking the freedoms they cannot find in their home lands. They are welcome here.

[Anonymous]

Can't the hypervigilant folks at least wait until the teabaggery before complaining about nationalism?

Five houses on my side of the street -- 9 Obama vs. 1 Romney voter (my wife), yet 4 flags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC flag would be cool, VA not so much. We had a holder on our house, but just out the American flag up around Independence Day. I'm a little weirded out by people who hang it year round. You shouldn't love your country that much.

Twelve years years ago this coming week, just about all of us were flying our American flags.

Never forget.

And by "never forget" I can only assume you mean to write your congressperson to tell them to vote no on action in Syria since 911 was brought to you by American foreign policy.

Love how some jerks online have to drag something political that has NOTHING to do with the current topic into a thread. You are a moron.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is retired from military service, deployed a number of times (in fact, was deployed when our first child was born), was on active duty at the Pentagon on 9/11. We fly a US flag every day as do many of our neighbors.
Hope we're not weirding anyone out.

What does flying a flag mean to you? Thanks.

I was getting ready to answer this but truly cannot say it any better than this previous poster did:

I fly my flag every day, because it memorializes the members of my family who served. It is a statement of pride in their service. It is also a statement of pride in b[e]ing American. It is our flag, not, as in [s]o many countries, the state flag. It represents the hopes and dreams of my immigrant ancestors who came here from Europe and found [a] better life. Like the Statue of Liberty, it is [a] beacon for those seeking the freedoms they cannot find in their home lands. They are welcome here.

This is so well said and I share your feelings about our flag. Thank you to this poster for your words, but more importantly, for your and your family's service.

[Anonymous]

Stick to the topic, please. STATE flag. Not AMERICAN flag. Jeez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC flag would be cool, VA not so much. We had a holder on our house, but just out the American flag up around Independence Day. I'm a little weirded out by people who hang it year round. You shouldn't love your country that much.

Lots of older folks and military families enjoy flying the flag every day. Try not to be a douche.

[Anonymous]

The Maryland flag is awesome. I also like SC, TX and HI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not an expert in flag etiquette, but it will look conspicuous to fly a state flag without an American flag, yet flying both might seem a bit much on a house aesthetically.

I disagree. Wouldn't think twice to see a state flag without an accompanying American flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. MD flag, not American flag.

Ah. I was all about the DC flag if you were in the District. I can't say I'd be thrilled to fly a MD flag in front of my home. Colleges? Sports teams? Not that they're any classier than a MD flag. In that case, American flag, holiday flags, or nothing.