Flag Day!
You know ... that thing that Betsy sewed ... and that Francis Scott Key observed by dawn's early light ... and that hasn't changed since 1960 (which has be driving these ADHD ridden millennials crazy, what with their incessant need to have a different user interface every few seconds) ... and that the Supreme Court ruled *can* be desecrated as part of constitutionally protected free speech ... and for which there was once concerted efforts to add an amendment to the same constitution banning said desecration (in the mid-nineties to the mid-nulls) ... and which has been replaced by individual flags of nationality hanging off cars back in my former home of Chicago (and maybe even here in the 'hood in Florida, on a smaller scale) by a new generation of young-uns promoting their family country of origin over their country in which they currently reside.
Yeah ... *that* thing. That thing that still "stands for freedom ... and they can't take that away" . That thing that I captured in my photo, having visited the Flight 93 memorial site last October ... flying above the field where the plane crashed, and below the trails of planes that cross over on that path multiple times a day. That thing, on that chilly fall day, blowing in the breeze, striking reverence into the hearts of those that stopped to reflect on the history of a great country.
Yeah ... *that* thing. Happy Flag Day to you and yours ...
HISTORY LESSON ON THE DAY:
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/06/a-brief-history-of-flag-day/
VISUAL HISTORY LESSON OF THE FLAG:
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/14/8774151/american-flag-day
LOCATION OF THIS PHOTO FROM LAST OCTOBER:
http://www.nps.gov/flni/index.htm
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