Today is the 100th anniversary of Flag Day. There is an interesting history that I admittedly didn't know until I searched for it online. The National Flag Day Foundation states that Flag Day was the inspiration of a 19 year old school teacher in Wisconsin back in 1885. Bernard J. Cigrand believed that his school children should know about why the flag was created and understand the meaning of the flag.
For him and his students, the flag symbolized the freedom and pride that Americans had in their country. It also symbolized our nation's heritage and union. Today, sadly, our union is frayed at the edges. The flag is no longer respected, except in certain groups, but is burned, mocked and torn by those who really hate America.
I've seen with my own eyes the disrespect and outright hatred some groups have with the flag. I hear and cringe inwardly whenever I hear the Pledge of Allegiance being banned from public areas. What has our country come to? I just can't understand it. We've lost our pride and our freedom to fly the flag proudly. We let those who hate our country and the Christian ideals that our country has stood for to rot and deteriorate. We allowed those who would mock us to have free reign.
We have lost our way. Flag Day used to mean something. It was a day to celebrate the symbol of our freedom and our heritage. Today though it is a day of mourning...so it is fitting that the flag is set at half mast.
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