The Flag of
United States
The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white... More »
Also visit the American Flag Wall of Shame and the Flag in the News ... September 11, 2006, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush stand on a carpet of the American flag at Ground Zero in Manhattan, the site of the September 11, 2001 attack. Section 8b of the Flag Code reads, " The flag should never touch anything beneath...
www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html
* No, you can't throw those little flags away. The only "respectable" way to dispose of a worn or soiled flag is to give it a ceremonial and dignified retirement, preferably by burning it. Ironically, the American Legion and Boy Scouts burn thousands of flags every year in respectful retirement ceremonies.
www.esquilax.com/flag/ www.esquilax.com/flag/
Flag desecration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flag desecration is a term applied to various acts that intentionally destroy, damage or deface a flag, most often a national flag. Often, such action is intended to make a political point against a ...
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Flag Desecration Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flag Desecration Amendment , often referred to as the flag burning amendment , is a controversial proposed constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow the Unite...
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This page includes materials relating to coerced speech. ... Several of these cases have been highly controversial--perhaps none more so than Texas vs Johnson (1990) reversing the conviction of a man who expressed his strong displeasure with U. S. policy by burning an American flag.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagbu... www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagburning.htm
Some people have questioned whether the photo below (of a woman burning a US flag in front of Palestinian children) really is Rachel Corrie; here’s the proof, in another picture of her little hate party for the kiddies:
littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=5864
So you do have a problem with disgracing the flag. That’s good. Anti-war protesters should not burn flags. It is not speech. Don’t yell “fire” in a theater and don’t burn an American flag at a protest. Seems a sensible restriction to me.
blogs4brownback.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/anti-war-prote... blogs4brownback.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/anti-war-protestors-burn-american-flag/
In this clip from the West Wing, Penn and Teller burn an American flag in front of an audience in the White House...or do they? ... west wing,bill of rights,1st amendment Penn & Teller burn an American flag in the White House...
www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Teller-burn-an-American-fl... www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Teller-burn-an-American-flag-in-the-White-House
VERNON (FBW)—Vandals broke into a rural Florida church Oct. 5 scrawling satanic messages on the walls and making a bonfire out of an American flag, Bibles and hymnals. ... Greg Hammack, pastor at Live Oak, believes the vandals weren't trying to burn down the church, but trying to send a message, he said.
www.floridabaptistwitness.com/7942.article