Honor Our Flag: How To Care For, Fly, And Otherwise Respect The Stars And Stripes

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Honor Our Flag: How to Care For, Fly, and Otherwise Respect the Stars and Stripes

The flag of the United States of America is one of the most recognizable symbols on earth, more so than the country's monuments, or presidents, or even the landscape of the nation. From its creation, the flag has stood for freedom, liberty, and the possibility of the United States. Designed to accommodate the growth of a budding nation, it has changed many times as more stars have been. It is a ...

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Honor Our Flag: How to Care For, Fly, and Otherwise Respect the Stars and Stripes

The flag of the United States of America is one of the most recognizable symbols on earth, more so than the country's monuments, or presidents, or even the landscape of the nation. From its creation, the flag has stood for freedom, liberty, and the possibility of the United States. Designed to accommodate the growth of a budding nation, it has changed many times as more stars have been. It is a representation of the whole nation. When you take your flag out to fly, hold it carefully. You are holding the whole country in your hands.

With the endorsement of the National Flag Foundation, this little book of essential flag facts tells you about the people behind the Stars and Stripes as well as when and how to fly this cherished symbol of the United States. Here you will discover why the flag is important, when to fly the flag, how to display it, what to do when it gets worn out, and much more!

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This invaluable little guidebook -- endorsed by the National Flag Foundation -- gives all the instructions you need to make sure that you treat the flag right, including how to fold the flag and what to do with an old flag, along with historical tidbits, such as the evolution of the U.S. flag and what the red, white, and blue colors stand for.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780762723683
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • Publication date: 12/1/2001
  • Edition description: First edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 64
  • Product dimensions: 4.28 (w) x 5.84 (h) x 0.26 (d)

Meet the Author

Ski instructor, Eagle Scout, editor, and Ultimate Frisbee player, David Singleton has written magazine articles for Rocky Mountain Sports, Windy City Sports, and Colorado Parent. He now lives in Connecticut with his wife Rochelle Bernstein and their dog, Loki.
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Table of Contents

Introduction 7
Parts of the Flag 8
How to Treat Your Flag 10
Caring for the flag
What to do when the flag's worn out
Respecting the flag
Wearing the flag
How to fold the flag
How to Display Your Flag 16
Inside
Against a wall
From the house
On a flagpole
When to take it in
Above a street
In a building lobby
On a car
In a parade
Special Times to Fly the Flag 29
Holidays
In times of mourning
In distress
The National Anthem 34
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
What to do during the national anthem
The Pledge of Allegiance 39
The Flag's Colors 41
The Evolution of the American Flag 43
Guilford Flag
Serapis Flag
Washington Flag
Grand Union Flag
Betsy Ross
Francis Hopkinson's Flag
Fifteen-Star, Fifteen-Stripe Flag
Mary Pickersgill's Flag
Battle of Bennington Flag
Twenty-Star Flag
The United States Flag during the Civil War
Confederate Flags
Forty-eight-Star Flag
Today's Fifty-Star Flag
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