Do You Fly a Flagpole?

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I have a light. So I can leave the flag up 24 hours. But I do not always fly the US flag. And so if it's stormy, I won't fly a flag. Like, you know, like for October 5th, I'll fly the Bavarian flag. For royal holidays in Hawaii, I do fly the royal standard. There's Anzac Day or,. you know, Canada Day or Australia Day. I will fly the appropriate flag. Oh, Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It's the Australian version of Memorial Day. About a month later, Australia also recognizes Aboriginal suffering with sorry day. Among the activities on sorry day is raising

Flags! How long have we flown them? Will you get arrested for stomping on one? Which ones are cute and which are fugly? Which colors don't we see on flags and why? How did all this flag etiquette originate? E. Tory Laitila, a textile expert who also handles Honolulu's flag protocol, gives the skinny on how to dispose of a flag, flags and conspiracy theories, history of the Pride flag, the oldest flags, which state flag needs a makeover the hardest, how to store flags, who designed our modern American flag and how you too can have ... fun with flags all year round. Also: pirate trivia.

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