1. Dont Kill the Messenger
They also saw it as a sign of defiance to those who attacked. It had become mainstream everyone began to wear the flag on shirts, head bands, and the flag itself. The flag united many Americans which brought it so much respect. Many respected the flag but not all wanted to be part of so much patriotism. .
Even though the flag took a new respect after 9/11, there were still those who refused to participate in the new patriotism associated with the flag. Some did not want to participate because de Poyen states that, "With such harrowing pictures in our mind's eye, is it any wonder that the flag, to which children are conditioned to pledge allegiance, became the symbol of our collective sorrow, our shared resolve?', the flag reminded Americans of those who died and all they can remember was the pain(117). All the flag did for them was remind them of the horrific attack. Furthermore the flag did not only remind them of the attack, but some felt out of place because of the flag.
To other Americans it felt like they were being alienated because they had different beliefs. de Poyen asserted that,"In Colorado, a controversy erupted when Marcelee Garlapp, the library director at the Boulder Public Library's main branch, refused to display a 10-by-15 foot flag, either because she [.] thought that the library should welcome people of all beliefs and that the flag might alienate some visitors, or because (as she later said) she thought the flag so large that 'people would have had to walk through it to get into the building", not many wanted the flag because they had different beliefs(119). The flag made them feel out of place, but they showed respect towards the flag. In addition anti flag Americans did not like to see how many worshiped the flag.
Anti flag Americans did not like how many Americans fetish the flag. de Poyen states,"There was uproar in Berkeley when the city administrator removed American flags from all fire trucks before the Sept.
Andrew was martyred by being crucified on an X-shaped cross) and was next to impossible to confuse with the Stars and Stripes in battle. ... The stars represented the eleven states actually in the Confederacy, plus Kentucky and Missouri. ... The bill would create the state's third flag in two years, this one with a state seal and three red-and-white stripes. ... It is the flag that older Blacks remember seeing when Klansmen marched through their neighborhoods during voter registration drives or other events the KKK opposed. ... To combat the issue, South Carolina lifted the flag over t...
"War is always a betrayal: of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, of idealists by cynics." ~ Chris Hedges (The Oregonian) Our nation has been fighting a battle of power. Power to have control over a cause that has not been fully explained. This cause is tearing nations apart ...
With Worley's "Have You Forgotten" and Tippin's "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagles Fly." to add to the list. ... In the days following September 11th, a person couldn't drive down the street without seeing a car with an American Flag on it or a "United We Stand" bumper sticker displayed for everyone to see. ...
From the contrasting personalities of the fifty states to the boldly colored "stars and stripes", America screams confidence, equality, and opportunity. This, my friends, is a very tangled web of deception, seeing how America is just the opposite of what it claims to be. ...
Instead of seeing the normal news and weather forecast, I saw something that to this day puts chills down my spine. ... As I saw the stars and stripes go up over the crash site, the true meaning of "The Star Spangled Banner" finally hit home with me. As Francis Scott Key saw the stars and bars still flying over an American fort after an attack, so I saw the flag going up after a modern day assault on our land. ...
If we view Troy's life as a whole we are seeing it as tragic. ... "That's just the was it was," shrugged the Philadelphia Stars Gene Benson (16). ... After being away for seven years, Corey returns in his marine uniform, proudly wearing his corporals stripes. ...
McHenry in Baltimore, MD asked for a flag so big that "the British would have no trouble seeing it from a distance." ... They cut 15 stars that measured two feet from point to point. There were eight red and seven white stripes, each two feet wide. ...
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