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and mine is illuminated at night.

Doug

and I have reminded a "down the street neighbor" that flags don't last forever, they are only $17 at the BX (Lackand) and offered (and took) his flag last Memorial Day. I am up to 18 flags now and would like to ask for help. Make it YOUR tradition...


Doug

And mine is up every day of the year...and it is lit every night of the year. It is replaced every 2 months (July 1st) and the retired ones are burned during our annual Memorial Day weekend family reunion on the Frio river.

Doug

Now, if we could just convince the people that want express their right to free speech by burning a flag to hang around long enough for the property owner to express their freedom of speech too. That seems fair. Hey, if burning a flag is speech, can I paint a cinder block like a flag and hit them with it? Just wondering...

Doug

I like the last line the best.

Doug

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Flag.Burned.Ag ... 84277.html

DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images
(7/1/2009)
A north Dallas neighborhood is up in arms after another attack on the American flag has reignited anger among residents. The incident happened at Preston Valley Villas off of Spring Valley Road.

Two weeks ago, a homeowner came home to find his American flag in ashes on his front yard. Last night, it happened again.

Preston Valley Villas has become a noticeably patriotic neighborhood. But some of the American flags are now flying as a message to whoever is burning them. "It's kind of an 'in your face' type of situation," said resident Bill Sendelback. "If people are going around burning the flag, I'm not about to take mine down."

Sendelback does not plan to remove his flag, even though someone set fire to one outside of Ed Jordan's townhome for the second time in two weeks.

"It makes me sick to think about anybody having that sort of disrespect," said Jordan. "Soon as I looked at it and touched it, I could tell it had been burning."

Jordan's first burned flag got the attention of an Iraq war veteran, who donated a special flag just days later. That flag flew over a base. Fortunately, neighbors said that was not the flag that was flying Sunday night, which is now ashes.

Another resident who was victimized has yet to replace her damaged flag.

According to witnesses, skateboarders were heard in a nearby alley around the time that the flag was burned. Whether the incident is a prank or a political statement remains unclear.

The crime has residents warning whoever is responsible that they better hope police find them first.