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Bizarre Flag Facts – Q & As

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:39:34 +0000

Test your Patriotic Knowlege of the American Flag:

Question: Is it ok to fly the American Flag upside down?
Answer: The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

Question: My flag was accidentally dropped and got dirty. Does it have to be destroyed?
Answer: The flag should never be allowed touch the ground, the floor or water. If it does accidentally touch the ground, it does not have to be destroyed. It should merely be cleaned.

Question: I’m thinking of making a quilt out of old flags. Is this ok?
Answer: The flag should never be used as clothing, bedding, or curtains.

Question: Is it alright to print a picture of the American Flag on my parent’s 50th Anniversary party napkins?
Answer: The flag should never be embroidered on fabric or printed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed to be used once and then thrown away.

Question: Is it ok to fly my American Flag outside 24/7?
Answer: The flag is usually flown only from sunrise to sunset. The flag may be displayed at night if it is lit during the hours of darkness.

Question: Should I raise my American Flag slowly, ceremoniously?
Answer: The flag should be raised quickly and lowered slowly.

Question: Should I take my flag down when it’s raining, hailing or snowing outside?
Answer: The flag should not be flown on days during bad weather, except when using an all weather flag.

Question: Where should I expect to see the American Flag being flown?
Answer: The flag should be displayed daily at the main administration building of every public institution, including schools and polling places on election days.

Question: During parades, where should the American Flag is placed?
Answer: The flag should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when flags of states, cities or other groups are displayed.

Question: When a group of flags are displayed which one should be raised first?
Answer: When the flags of states are flown on neighboring staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No other flag may be placed higher than the flag of the United States or to the United States Flag’s right.

Question: During the Olympics, why were all the countries flags flown at the same height? Shouldn’t the gold medal winner’s flag be flown higher?
Answer: When displaying the flags of two or more countries, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids flying the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.

Question: How should the American Flag be used when hanging over our Main Street on Memorial Day?
Answer: When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.

Question: Can the American Flag be used to unveil our town’s new statue?
Answer: The flag can be used at the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or monument.

Question: Is there a special way of raising the American Flag for half-staff?
Answer: When flying the flag at half-staff, it should first be raised to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.

Question: How should the American Flag be used during a funeral?
Answer: When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union (stars) is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.

Question: What do the colors of red, white and blue stand for on the American Flag?
Answer: The flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with 6 white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies, the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. Red stands for Hardiness and Valor, White stands for Purity and Innocence and Blue stands for Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.

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History of the United States Republican Party

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:50:25 +0000

Also known as the Grand Old Party (or GOP), the United States Republican Party is the second oldest, largest and most active political party in the country. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854 in Ripar, Wisconsin, the Republican Party had its initial base in the Northeast and Midwest. Primarily created to oppose the expansion of slavery to Texas, the party first came to power in 1860 when Abraham Lincoln won the presidency. The GOP held its first official meeting on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan. One of the goals set by the party was to modernize the United States by focusing on relevant matters related to banking, railroads, industry and cities, and higher education. During the American Civil War, led by President Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party fought for the Union and led the Reconstruction. However, in the years that followed, internal struggle and intrigues wreaked havoc on the GOP and they were out of the limelight for a brief period. In 1896, the Republicans regained lost ground when William McKinley became president. As president, William McKinley emphasized and concentrated more on railroads, industry, finance, and the middle class. After his term, Theodore Roosevelt took over the post in 1901 and thus began one of the United States’ most dynamic periods. That period established the GOP as a party focused on business, economic libertarianism, nationalism, and conservatism. The Republican Party remains true to these principles up to now. In 2004, the Republican Party had around 55 million registered voters. At present, 19 of the United States’ presidents have been Republicans. Aside from Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt, some of the most popular Republican presidents are Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George Walker Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford.

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America

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:25:56 +0000

I remember when I told my mother I was coming to America. She laughed uproariously, almost joyously; thought it was really funny. Besides, she said, you have no money. My family always returned to the European Metropole, but that’s so parochial; my soul fought it. I sought a new and brighter place, where there were people of my race, dark like treacle and lighter too, every hue imaginable. Wonderful, incredible; I’d be invisible. A first; certainly couldn’t be worse, that’s for sure. I wanted something more. And so I came to learn the game in the Land of Milk and Honey, where it’s always sunny and there’s plenty of money. America, the land of gold and flesh; young and fresh is liked the best. It’s a bold, cold reality far from the immortality that YWVH had in mind; in fact a much darker paradigm. America the Rich Bitch. The Alpha Male, the scale by which the rest comes next. The apex; the nexus; Capitalism at its best; obsessed; radicalism recessed, regressed, redressed; the Pleasure dome, my earthly home. Love is hardly found, but hate is all around and sex abounds. Schism and gysum with a mix of Puritanism. A beautiful mutable, lurid, torrid, mural; dark and stark and hard of heart. Having been here well over half my life, I can laugh at the strife in it, the knife in it, the smell of it, the swell of it, the deep well of it, and say come what may, I’m just like the rest; more or less. I coast through, seeing the old in the new. Mixing, switching, blending, surrendering, a verbal chameleon; a changeling, who fits right in; a strange thing really. Not all are blessed like me. I acculturated and came to see that all ways are one; we just want to get our groove on. Can’t we all just get along? We have the power; the hour is right now, but our light is dim. How to make it bright again, depends on the choices we make; the voices we take to heart when we’re listening in the dark and pain. We’re all passengers on this train. Who’s driving? No jiving, we all need to heed and take a stand; lend a hand. We can rule the Earth School properly, or continue sloppily, putting us all in jeopardy. Understand, this is part of God’s Plan. It’s not chaotic in the least; that would speak of the Beast. Our soul is a mosaic of many parts, a hymn of many hearts ; all shards from the Mirror of Binah, to give us reflection on how to live, to provide introspection; a guide and protection to those who embrace the wide expanse of space, and without a second glance, they dance, breathless, deathless and touch the Face of Endless Grace.