Posts Tagged ‘flag’

Thornton, Colorado resident Eric Smith has won his battle with the East York Villas Homeowners Association and will be allowed to fly the Gadsden Flag without harassment.  To the southwest in Laveen, Arizona, Andy McDonel is having a much tougher time and has enlisted the help of the ACLU.  Both men fought for their right [...]

The history of the Gadsden flag and its coiled rattlesnake and “Don’t Tread on Me” motto can be traced back 235 years to the birth of our nation.  Despite its distinguished past rooted in Americana, Thornton homeowners in one Homeowner Association (HOA) controlled development are being told to take them down. None other than Ben [...]

Americans of all colors, creeds, and political beliefs love this nation and they love the Stars and Stripes that serve as the most visible symbol of our collective pride in our country.  Honoring our nation and our flag spans all boundaries – or at least it should.  Unfortunately, it appears the Adams County Democratic Party [...]

Red Skelton was one of America’s classic radio and television stars.  For nearly 40 years, the comedian entertained us with his quick wit and vaudeville-like shows.  As America prepares to celebrate its 234th birthday tomorrow, a reminder of the importance of the greatest symbol of our nation – our flag – comes from this unlikely [...]

Editor’s note – This event has been temporarily postponed.  When it is rescheduled, I will make a new posting. With the 234th birthday of this Great Nation upon us and our community demonstrating just this week how important the symbols of America are, join in a celebration of Old Glory this Saturday.  A group of [...]

The head of the Rangeview Library District Board of Trustees said this morning that its failure to install flagpoles and fly the American flag at its facilities was a mistake and the board intends to correct it.  Appearing on the Peter Boyles Show on KHOW, Kay Riddle said a special meeting of the Board of [...]

Some folks just don’t quite get it. Burning a flag is almost certain to get a veteran upset. Going out and doing it on a lawn of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post is just dumb. In Valley Falls, NY, one man was taught quite a lesson by the VFW post commander for doing just [...]

On April 25, 1976, a most incredible moment in baseball history happened.  Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday made the ultimate saving catch when he snatched an United States flag from two protesters that were trying to set the flag on fire.  I wrote about this a couple years ago but recently a video story about [...]

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has ordered all state flags to fly at half staff today in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Justin L. Bauer who was killed in Iraq on January 10th and laid to rest in Berthoud yesterday.  Lowering the flag to honor the fallen is of course wholly appropriate and should certainly be [...]

Today many folks will have their eyes on a different event but my event of the day is the funeral for Staff Sergeant Justin L. Bauer - a man truly worthy of being Tony’s Hero.  SSgt Bauer of Longmont was killed in action in Iraq on January 10th and will be laid to rest today.  He exemplified all [...]