The Flag and Betsy Ross in the News
- Vets Prevail in First Amendment Skirmish February 5, 2010 [Katharine Russ, CityWatch, Los Angeles, CA]
- From the Desk of the Department Adjutant January 28, 2010 [W. Benny Bachand, Dunedin-Palm Harbor Post 2550-Newsletter]
- Russ Lemmon: Reader takes issue with Canadian flag along U.S. 1 January 18, 2010 [Russ Lemmon, TCPalm.com]
- Flag etiquette question or racial objection? January 9, 2010 [Deborah Donovan, Daily Herald]
2009
- Veteran looks out for flags December 29, 2009 [Jeff Kolkey, Rockford Register Star]
- Remembering the final days of America's 50-star flag designer Bob Heft December 14, 2009 [Eric Joyce, Saginaw News]
- Charges against Army Veteran Are Dismissed Only Days after ACLU/SC Takes His Case December 11, 2009 [Robert Rosebrock, Press Release]
- Virginia Veteran Wins Battle to Keep His Flagpole in Yard December 9, 2009 [AP, AP]
- Medal of Honor Veteran in Flag Dispute December 3, 2009 [AP, Fox News]
- Upside-down flag leads to filing of criminal charge in Butler County December 2, 2009 [Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
- Richland restaurant angers many after upside-down flag December 2, 2009 [Herald staff, Tri-City Herald (Mid-Columbis, Wash.)]
- Woodinville rapped for not lowering flag after police killings December 1, 2009 [Scott Gutierrez, seattlepi]
- Opinion: Salute symbol of liberty, justice October 29, 2009 [Editorial, The Sun Chronicle Online]
- LAPD apologizes for ceremonial flag goof October 27, 2009 [AP, Chico Enterprise Record]
- Baking Bread, American Flags and Perspective October 19, 2009 [Billy Goldfeder, Firehouse.com]
- Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags October 12, 2009 [Melica Johnson, KATU News]
- Police, Capitol architect replace tattered American flags flying over House office buildings September 24, 2009 [ , Entertainment Daily]
- Veteran flies flag high and upside down August 26, 2009 [John Gavin, Hi-Desert Star ]
- Carson strips mayor of power to lower U.S. flag to half-staff August 5, 2009 [Gene Maddaus, Daily Breeze]
- Cutting Down a Canadian Flag August 6, 2009 [Charles Oliver, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA]
- Clearwater Commission Backs Down on Plans to Remove American Flags August 3, 2009 [Mike Brassfield, St. Petersburg Times]
- Flag flap: Mayor takes heat for flying flag at half staff for Michael Jackson July 17, 2009 [Gene Maddaus, The Pipeline (South Bay, California)]
- Dispute Over Flag Protest Erupts in Wisc. Village July 10, 2009 [Robert Imrie, ABC News]
- Honor the flag by not amending the constitution July 2, 2009 [James Wigderson, Waukesha Freeman]
- Capture the Flag July 1, 2009 [Timothy Egan, The New York Times]
- Veterans group with a gripe upends the Stars and Stripes June 26, 2009 [Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times]
- Different kind of flag day June 23, 2009 [Thomas Stewart and Faina Gaynor, Siskiyou Daily News (Yreka, CA)]
- Woman Upset After American Flag Taken Down At Work May 27, 2009 [Carol Cavazos, cbs11tv.com]
- Designer of POW/MIA Flag, Newt Heisley, Dead at 88 May 17, 2009 [AP, Fox News]
- Questions arise regarding lowering flag to half-staff May 7, 2009 [unsigned, SouthCoastToday.com]
- Vets upset about upside down flag May 6, 2009 [Chicago News, WLS-TV Chicago, IL]
- Betsy Ross House Honored By Historical Commission April 27, 2009 [CBS, cbs3.com]
- Vet Upset at Anderson Flag Handling April 9, 2009 [unsigned, My Fox Austin]
- Letter: Please respect our flag January 12, 2009 [Alexander Gonzalez, Technician]
2008
- Poll: Responders mixed on upside down flag December 28, 2008 [Jason Moon, Brazil Times]
- Flying Old Glory upside down December 17, 2008 [Tom Davidson, The Herald]
- Flipped flag signals economic distress December 5, 2008 [Janet Lundquist, Herald News]
- George Docherty, Pastor Who Influenced Pledge, Dies at 97 December 1, 2008 [AP, The New York Times]
- Three flags in running to fly over city November 20, 2008 [S. Burdette, East Volusia News]
- Las Cruces veteran upends flag to protest Obama November 7, 2008 [Shari Vialpando and Diana M. Alba, Las Cruces Sun-News]
- Educating the educators about flag protocol October 8, 2008 [Deborah Hendrick, The Daily Flag]
- Regents say schools must follow US flag code September 25, 2008 [AP, Chicago Tribune]
- Belchertown flag policy up in the air September 28, 2008 [John Appleton, MassLive.com]
- Mexican flag prompts 'hate' mail September 26, 2008 [Clark Xue, Yale Daily News]
- UI flag policy contrasts federal policy September 24, 2008 [Brian Morelli, Iowa City Press-Citizen]
- Retiring the flag September 24, 2008 [Lisa Magers, Cleburne Times-Review, Cleburne, TX]
- Upon review: no flags at half-staff August 26, 2008 [unsigned, The Spectrum]
- To dip or not to dip the flag at the Olympics? August 6, 2008 [Mark Dyreson, themorningcall.com]
- New Policy Lowers Flags Only for Ky. Soldiers July 24, 2008 [Joe Biesk, Associated Press]
- State Employee Won't Lower Flags for Helms July 9, 2008 [Associated Press, ABC News]
- Capturing The Flag July 6, 2008 [Marc Leepson, Washington Post]
- Is flag giveaway patriotism or self-promotion? July 2, 2008 [Phil Kadner, southtownstar]
- Police can't cite upside-down-flag flier June 28, 2008 [Sarah Millard, Manitowoc Herald Times Report]
- Law spells out flag handling May 7, 2008 [Damon C. Williams, Philadelphia Daily News]
- Ayers Balks At Order On Flag Display May 6, 2008 [Damon C. Williams, Philadelphia Daily News]
- American flags on floor cause a stir April 15, 2008 [Bobbie Hanstein, Daily Bulldog]
- Flags flown at half-staff can cause uproar if done improperly April 12, 2008 [Kevin Barlow, pantagraph.com]
- Opinion: Flag violations tolerated out of respect, patriotism April 10, 2008 [Luke Fields, CNM student, New Mexico Daily Lobo]
- Trial Of Student Accused Of Tearing Flag Wraps Up April 2, 2008 [unsigned, KOAT Albuquerque]
- 48-star flag now history in Eastern gym March 25, 2008 [John Schneider, Lansing State Journal]
- Ask AP: Flags on Uniforms; I, Delegate March 21, 2008 [Chelsea J. Carter, AP]
- Flag Dipping March 15, 2008 [Flag Dipping, HometownAnnapolis.com]
- Clashing Over Church Ritual and Flag Protocol at the Naval Academy Chapel March 8, 2008 [Neela Banerjee, The New York Times]
- Ridgefield has flap over flag March 7, 2008 [Chipp Reid, Ridgefield Press]
- Businesses ticketed over flag ordinance February 5, 2008 [Emily Stranger, The Brunswick News]
- City of Asheville to police display of flags January 10, 2008 [Joel Burgess, CITIZEN-TIMES.com]
2007
- Reno man a stickler for properly flown flags November 9, 2007 [Don Cox, RGJ.com]
- VA Clarifies Policy on Flag-Folding Recitations October 30, 2007 [Press Release, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs]
- Furor After Flag-Folding Ceremony Pulled From Cemeteries October 30, 2007 [Sara Bonisteel and The Associated Press, FOXNews.com]
- Nebraskans' beer label brought flag fracas to head October 29, 2007 [Joe Dejka, Omaha World-Herald]
- Veteran's Actions Violate Meaning Of U.S. Flag October 12, 2007 [Commentary, The Daily Campus (UConn)]
- Flying the flag causes woes for Bowie man October 4, 2007 [Jane McHugh, The Bowie Blade-News (Annapolis, Maryland)]
- Fairfax lowers flag to honor fallen soldiers September 20, 2007 [Rob Rogers, Marin Independent Journal]
- Edison apologizes to veterans for Indian flag switch August 16, 2007 [ Suleman Din, nj.com]
- Vets glad of Senate measure on saluting flag July 29, 2007 [Ron Jenkins - The Associated Press, Army Times]
- Flag protest turns folks upside down July 21, 2007 [Joe McDonald, The Morning Call]
- HOA Backs Down in Upside-Down Flag Dispute July 13, 2007 [unsigned, MyFox Colorado]
- Silent protest raises outcry July 12, 2007 [Ann Schrader, The Denver Post]
- Column: Sikhs free to fly flag as they please July 9, 2007 [Michael Fitzgerald, Recordnet.com]
- Americans fly the flag for July 4, as long as it’s not made in China July 5, 2007 [Tom Baldwin, London Times]
- Symbol of patriotism July 4, 2007 [Kiley Miller, The Hawk Eye]
- Lowering Flag for War’s Dead Brings a New Rift June 23, 2007 [Ian Urbina, The New York Times]
- Veterans want old flags properly laid to rest. June 14, 2007 [Mike Fletcher, Mineral Wells Index (TX)]
- Are displays of the flag patriotic or disrespectful? June 14, 2007 [Sony Hocklander , ozarks entertainment]
- Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2007 June 6, 2007 [George W. Bush, Proclamation]
- School board votes to keep flag at half-staff until Iraq war ends June 5, 2007 [Associated Press, Seacoastonline.com]
- Council backs neighbors in flap, orders flag down May 18, 2007 [David Mcgrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Review-Journal]
- One of three students released on bail after flag-burning arrests April 4, 2007 [Charlotte Martin , Yale Daily News]
- Panel OKs flags in schools March 9, 2007 [Hank Lacey, The Gazette (Colorado Springs)]
- Flag Flying 101: Rules for flying flag not easily understood February 4, 2007 [Harris Blackwood, The Times (Gainesville, Fl)]
- Cemetery squabble continues as widow flies flag again January 9, 2007 [Ben Botkin, Quad-Cities Online]
2006
- US town bars foreign flags in swipe at immigrants November 16, 2006 [Reuters, Reuters]
- Students at Calif. College ban Pledge of Allegiance November 9, 2006 [Dan Whitcomb, Reuters]
- Homeowner at odds with homeowners association October 26, 2006 [Elizabeth Richardson, Times-Herald (Newnan, Georgia)]
- Independence teen accused of burning American flag October 26, 2006 [AP, ABC News Iowa]
- Honor your flag September 11, 2006 [Cassidy Friedman, Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho)]
- The Signs Still Point to Ross August 6, 2006 [Lindsey Galloway, U.S. News & World Report]
- National Flag Law Mirrors Community Associations Institute Public Policy July 24, 2006 [Frank Rathbun, U.S. Newswire]
- Honor Guard's New Wrinkle July 4, 2006 [Keith Rogers, reviewjournal.com]
- Are lowered flags protest? July 4, 2006 [Jeffrey Zaslow, Wall Street Journal, Detroit News Online]
- Sanders flags Tarrant's use of 'Old Glory' June 30, 2006 [Darren M. Allen, Times Argus (Vermont)]
- A burning issue June 11, 2006 [Fred Mann, The Wichita Eagle]
- Banned Marine flag is flying once again May 10, 2006 [Walter F. Naedele, Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Proposal to protect U.S. flag advances May 5, 2006 [Laurie Kellman, AP, Topeka Capital-Journal]
- Bill Would Punish Schools that Prevent Display of US Flag May 2, 2006 [Melanie Hunter, CNS News]
- The Frankford flag-maker January 5, 2006 [Diane Villano, Northeast Times]
2005
- Book Review: Betsy Ross's Five Pointed Star December 2005 [Richard R. Gideon, American Vexillum]
- Seamstress for a Revolution June 2005 [William C. Kashatus, US Department of State]
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