#usflag — Public Fediverse posts
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the #nationalAnthem of the #UnitedStates. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a #poem written by American lawyer #FrancisScottKey on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of #FortMcHenry by the #British #RoyalNavy during the #BattleOfBaltimore in the #WarOf1812. Key was inspired by the large #USFlag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the #StarSpangledBanner.
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The legend of Betsy Ross is that she sewed the first U.S. flag. @TheConversationUS takes a look at the true story of her contribution to U.S. history, and how it is emblematic of many women's roles.
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the #nationalAnthem of the #UnitedStates. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a #poem written by American lawyer #FrancisScottKey on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of #FortMcHenry by the #British #RoyalNavy during the #BattleOfBaltimore in the #WarOf1812. Key was inspired by the large #USFlag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the #StarSpangledBanner.
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"You're a Grand Old Flag" is an #AmericanPatrioticMarch. The song, a spirited march written by #GeorgeMCohan, is a tribute to the #USFlag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for his #stageMusical George Washington, Jr.
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Trump's executive order banning political flag burning -- clearly doesn't go far enough. We need to ban those tattered flags on pickups (with the flag left out unilluminated ALL NIGHT!), and all those diminished representations of the flag, tattered, without proper colors (BLUE STRIPES!). Improper use of flags (BEATING police with flag poles!). Mandatory jail for all! Especially for -- uh -- molesting the flag...
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"You're a Grand Old Flag" is an #AmericanPatrioticMarch. The song, a spirited march written by #GeorgeMCohan, is a tribute to the #USFlag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for his #stageMusical George Washington, Jr.
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American Bald Eagle and US Flag Symbol of Freedom https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/american-bald-eagle-and-us-flag-symbol-of-freedom-shelia-hunt.html
Available in Canvas, Art Prints, Metal Prints, Coffee Mugs, Puzzles and Tshirts
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No, it’s not #illegal to display the #USflag upside down
The #US. #flag code says #American #flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire #distress,” but #freespeech protections prevent #prosecution.
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The law is clear: flags shall be flown at half-staff for thirty days after the death of a President.
But, you know, fuck the law.
Right?
Fuck. The. Law.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/trump-inauguration-flags-full-staff
Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s deathhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/03044.html
Proclamations | National Archives#USA #USpol #USFlag #JimmyCarter #WasAGoodMan #trump #IsAnAsshole #HalfStaff #Law #Tradition #trumpGetsHisWayAgain #WhyCantWe #Anarchy #IAmDB
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A cheap, non-obvious, D.C.-adjacency-required way to get a quality American flag
The American flag we’d bought in the summer of 2021 had faded and then developed a tear at one corner, so it was time to buy a replacement. That’s been a task that’s come due every three to four years over our two decades and counting of home ownership–the Stars and Stripes are not forever when subjected to mid-Atlantic weather–but this time I wanted to research my options instead of throwing still more money at Amazon.
At some point, probably in the middle of work-related clicking around, that shopping research led me to my congressman’s Web site. Rep. Don Beyer (D.-Va.), like other members of Congress, has a flag-request form that I’d thought of only as a way to buy a flag flown over the Capitol. But on actually eyeballing that form, I realized that I could buy an unflown, 3-by-5-foot cotton flag for just $15… at a mandatory shipping cost of $10.75.
Paying that much for shipping bothered me when I can get to and from the Capitol for $6 and change via Metro, less if I use Capital Bikeshare on the way there. Fortunately, the legislative branch of the U.S. has two houses, so I checked the site of Sen. Tim Kaine (D.-Va.) and saw that I could buy the same flag at the same $15 price and pick it up for free. Sold!
(Sen. Mark Warner, D.-Va., also offers free flag pickup; I’m not aware of complaints about Rep. Beyer’s constituent service, so maybe this is a site-template issue on the House side?)
Three business days later, I got an e-mail from a staff assistant for Sen. Kaine saying the flag was ready for pickup at his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. I stopped by Tuesday evening on the way to an event in Navy Yard, appreciating the Russell Building’s handsome Beaux-Arts architecture, then attached our reasonably-priced purchase to the flagpole on our front porch Wednesday morning.
Sometime that afternoon or evening, a gust of wind put enough strain to crack a plastic bracket on one of the flagpole rings that had helped secure the flag, leaving it clumsily draped over the shrubbery below the pole. I am fixing that problem by ordering two new rings–which means I’m throwing still more money at Amazon.
#AmericanFlag #CapitolFlag #CongressionalFlagOrder #congressman #constituentService #DonBeyer #flagRequest #red #redWhiteAndBlue #senator #StarsAndStripes #TimKaine #USFlag #ValleyForgeFlag
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A cheap, non-obvious, D.C.-adjacency-required way to get a quality American flag
The American flag we’d bought in the summer of 2021 had faded and then developed a tear at one corner, so it was time to buy a replacement. That’s been a task that’s come due every three to four years over our two decades and counting of home ownership–the Stars and Stripes are not forever when subjected to mid-Atlantic weather–but this time I wanted to research my options instead of throwing still more money at Amazon.
At some point, probably in the middle of work-related clicking around, that shopping research led me to my congressman’s Web site. Rep. Don Beyer (D.-Va.), like other members of Congress, has a flag-request form that I’d thought of only as a way to buy a flag flown over the Capitol. But on actually eyeballing that form, I realized that I could buy an unflown, 3-by-5-foot cotton flag for just $15… at a mandatory shipping cost of $10.75.
Paying that much for shipping bothered me when I can get to and from the Capitol for $6 and change via Metro, less if I use Capital Bikeshare on the way there. Fortunately, the legislative branch of the U.S. has two houses, so I checked the site of Sen. Tim Kaine (D.-Va.) and saw that I could buy the same flag at the same $15 price and pick it up for free. Sold!
(Sen. Mark Warner, D.-Va., also offers free flag pickup; I’m not aware of complaints about Rep. Beyer’s constituent service, so maybe this is a site-template issue on the House side?)
Three business days later, I got an e-mail from a staff assistant for Sen. Kaine saying the flag was ready for pickup at his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. I stopped by Tuesday evening on the way to an event in Navy Yard, appreciating the Russell Building’s handsome Beaux-Arts architecture, then attached our reasonably-priced purchase to the flagpole on our front porch Wednesday morning.
Sometime that afternoon or evening, a gust of wind put enough strain to crack a plastic bracket on one of the flagpole rings that had helped secure the flag, leaving it clumsily draped over the shrubbery below the pole. I am fixing that problem by ordering two new rings–which means I’m throwing still more money at Amazon.
#AmericanFlag #CapitolFlag #CongressionalFlagOrder #congressman #constituentService #DonBeyer #flagRequest #red #redWhiteAndBlue #senator #StarsAndStripes #TimKaine #USFlag #ValleyForgeFlag
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A cheap, non-obvious, D.C.-adjacency-required way to get a quality American flag
The American flag we’d bought in the summer of 2021 had faded and then developed a tear at one corner, so it was time to buy a replacement. That’s been a task that’s come due every three to four years over our two decades and counting of home ownership–the Stars and Stripes are not forever when subjected to mid-Atlantic weather–but this time I wanted to research my options instead of throwing still more money at Amazon.
At some point, probably in the middle of work-related clicking around, that shopping research led me to my congressman’s Web site. Rep. Don Beyer (D.-Va.), like other members of Congress, has a flag-request form that I’d thought of only as a way to buy a flag flown over the Capitol. But on actually eyeballing that form, I realized that I could buy an unflown, 3-by-5-foot cotton flag for just $15… at a mandatory shipping cost of $10.75.
Paying that much for shipping bothered me when I can get to and from the Capitol for $6 and change via Metro, less if I use Capital Bikeshare on the way there. Fortunately, the legislative branch of the U.S. has two houses, so I checked the site of Sen. Tim Kaine (D.-Va.) and saw that I could buy the same flag at the same $15 price and pick it up for free. Sold!
(Sen. Mark Warner, D.-Va., also offers free flag pickup; I’m not aware of complaints about Rep. Beyer’s constituent service, so maybe this is a site-template issue on the House side?)
Three business days later, I got an e-mail from a staff assistant for Sen. Kaine saying the flag was ready for pickup at his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. I stopped by Tuesday evening on the way to an event in Navy Yard, appreciating the Russell Building’s handsome Beaux-Arts architecture, then attached our reasonably-priced purchase to the flagpole on our front porch Wednesday morning.
Sometime that afternoon or evening, a gust of wind put enough strain to crack a plastic bracket on one of the flagpole rings that had helped secure the flag, leaving it clumsily draped over the shrubbery below the pole. I am fixing that problem by ordering two new rings–which means I’m throwing still more money at Amazon.
#AmericanFlag #CapitolFlag #CongressionalFlagOrder #congressman #constituentService #DonBeyer #flagRequest #red #redWhiteAndBlue #senator #StarsAndStripes #TimKaine #USFlag #ValleyForgeFlag
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Forget Puerto Rico and DC: the 20th century abounds with opportunities for 51st (and 52nd, 53rd...) states that are more obscure.
Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2024/11/13/in-my-timeline-an-expanded-states-of-america/
This post's featured image is Frederick Edwin Church's "Our Banner in the Sky".
#history #alternatehistory #51ststate #newstates #USstates #UnitedStates #states #flag #USflag #worldbuilding
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Sara Rahbar, “Flag #15/with these eyes”, 2008, mixed media, 80 × 38 inches ★ Iran/USA ★ https://www.sararahbar.com/flags #SaraRahbar #contemporaryart #feministart #fiberart #applique #assemblage #mixedmedia #flags #USflag #independenceday #july4th #Iranianartists #2000s
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CW: male genitalia, semi-nude
ещё у меня <есть> праздничный гульфик #underwear #gulf #phallic #malenude #maleseminude #seminude #halfnaked #malegenitalia #flags #USflag #independenceday #july4th
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Banks Violette, “Not Yet Titled (Flag Edition)”, 2010 #BanksViolette #contemporarysculpture #flags #USflag #independenceday #july4th #newgxxxicart #darkculture #artstars #2010s
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Beni Bischof, “Freedom Is Mainstream”, 2015, collage, 21 × 30 cm #BeniBischof #collage #contemporaryart #A4 #july4th #USflag #flags #independenceday #july4th #freedom #mainstream #2010s
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Photo shows #samesexmarriage advocates in 2015, not push to redesign #USflag |
#Factcheck
