The Flag and Betsy Ross in the News

• Obama flag: Veterans protest an Obama flag called 'desecration' at Lake County Democratic headquarters March 13, 2012 [Ludmilla Lelis, Springfield Sun]
  
• Van Barfoot, Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 92 March 4, 2012 [Richard Goldstein, The New York Times]
  
• Cumberland County to begin strictly enforcing rules as to what can be left at veterans cemetery February 24, 2012 [Thomas Barlas, press of Atlantic City]
  
• Dad of fallen Michigan soldier burns N.J. flag to protest Houston tribute February 19, 2012 [Steve Pardo, Philadelphia Daily News]
  
• Flag tribute to Whitney Houston: Too little, too late? February 18, 2012 [Jason Marsh, CNN]
  
• N.J. Governor Under Fire Over Decision To Lower Flags For Whitney Houston February 16, 2012 [Chris Boyette, CNN]
  
• Governor Wrong to Have Flag Lowered to Half Staff for Celebrities February 16, 2012 [Editorial, NJLawman]
  
• Letter: More information on when to fly flag at half-staff January 31, 2012 [GateHouse News Service, The State Journal-Register (Illinois)]
  
• Flag-folding ceremonies have no place during military honors December 21, 2011 [John Marshal, Duluth News Tribune]
  
• Editorial: Flag desecration and free speech November 17, 2011 [Tracy Warner, Wenatchee World]
  
• Federal Flag Code Violation! November 16, 2011 [Kerry Cordy, Frontier Girls]
  
• Air Force veteran refuses to comply with flag removal request November 15, 2011 [Jeremy Wise, The Enterprise Ledger]
  
• Curb painting OK'd to continue for now November 3, 2011 [Richard Ecke , Great Falls Tribune]
  
• University Place official wants flag to fly at library October 15, 2011 [Christian Hill, The News Tribune]
  
• Coeur d'Alene man flies U.S. flag upside down, no reason given - Spokane Conservative September 13, 2011 [ Examiner.com, Joe Newby]
  
• Squirrel blamed for flag thefts from Ohio memorial August 25, 2011 [AP, abc7chicago.com]
  
• Columbus schools to find more flags for Pledge of Allegiance August 25, 2011 [Bill Bush, The Columbus Dispatch]
  
• Flag protester does an about-face - phillyBurbs.com : Courier Times: flag protest, distress signal, troubled economy, president barack obama, August 12, 2011 [Joan Hellyer, Courier Times]
  
• Letter: Re Whose flag are we flying? July 27, 2011 [T.J. Hoving, SnoValley Star (Snoqualmie, WA)]
  
• HOA Gives In Over Military Flag Dispute July 22, 2011 [unsigned, WSB Atlanta]
  
• A Torn 9/11 Flag is Repaired, One Loving Stitch at a Time July 4, 2011 [Kathleen Foster, FoxNews.com]
  
• No more national anthem at pacifist Indiana college June 7, 2011 [AP, 13 WTHR]
  
• Carlisle police questioned over flag patch May 12, 2011 [Megan Healey, WHTM-TV (Harrisburg, PA)]
  
• Opinion: The Pledge of Allegiance May 4, 2011 [Tad Armstong, stltoday.com]
  
• Caltrans denies monument project March 31, 2011 [Brian Bullock, Lompoc Record]
  
• Veterans, Families of KIA Torn Over Flag Proposal January 31, 2011 [Kristen Wyatt, AP, ABC News]
  
• Confusion about US Flag Code raises questions January 6, 2011 [unsigned, abc27 News (Pennsylvania)]
  
• Mass. principal says kids can opt out of Pledge December 23, 2010 [AP, Boston Globe]
  
• Hampden condos' flag policy sparks controversy December 10, 2010 [Renee Ordway, Bangor Daily News]
  
• Judge Goes Overboard with Mandatory Pledge of Allegiance December 3, 2010 [Nathan Koppel, Wall Street Journal (blog)]
  
• Judge admits he violated rights December 2, 2010 [Jimmie E. Gates, Clarion Ledger]
  
• Man fights for beer bottle pledge November 23, 2010 [unsigned, UPI]
  
• Denair Middle School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike November 12, 2010 [Elissa Harrington, KTXL]
  
• Quincy High moves its US flag - Quincy October 20, 2010 [Jessica Bartlett, Boston.com]
  
• Charge dropped against man who removed tattered American flag - Orlando Sentinel October 15, 2010 [Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel]
  
• County removes street flag, some neighbors angry October 13, 2010 [Roosevelt Leftwich, ABC2]
  
• Flag theft vet: Winter Park veteran charged with theft after removing tattered American flag he found offensive October 13, 2010 [Anthony Colarossi, OrlandoSentinel.com]
  
• Neighbor says resident disrespects American flag October 6, 2010 [Jesse Wells, KFOR]
  
• Scott Borchert, "The Flag, Captured" September 14, 2010 [Scott Borchert, MR Zine]
  
• Arizona Man Fights to Keep Gadsden Flag Flying Outside His Home August 25, 2010 [unsigned, FOXNews.com]
  
• Art piece with upside-down flag sparks debate on Main August 12, 2010 [Ted Holteen, Durango Herald News]
  
• Vandals lower Mexican flags at Rolling Meadows apartments July 30, 2010 [Deborah Donovan , Daily Herald]
  
• Flag Has to Go July 20, 2010 [Mikel, Lelands Local News (Leland, NC)]
  
• Letter: Lowering flag to half-staff is overdone July 16, 2010 [James V. Mineo, lehighvalleylive.com]
  
• Court OKs Woman's Plan To Trample Flag July 7, 2010 [unsigned, KETV Omaha]
  
• Video: Homeless Man Rescues Fallen American Flag July 6, 2010 [Staff writer, WGHP]
  
• Protector of the flag July 1, 2010 [Sam Scott, PressDemocrat.com]
  
• Shinnston Men Arrested for Burning Misflown Flag June 25, 2010 [unsigned, State Journal]
  
• 61 Stars? Chinese imported US Flag....see what $1 buys June 25, 2010 [timcdfw, CNN iReport]
  
• Charity event makes a flag faux pas June 18, 2010 [David Joyner, CNHI News Service]
  
• City runs afoul of the flag code June 18, 2010 [Tom Dalton, SalemNews.com, Salem, MA]
  
• Army Vet's Family Threatened with Eviction for Displaying Flag May 25, 2010 [Marcie Kobriger, WBAY-TV (Green Bay)]
  
• Flag Flies at Christie's Sale - Record for Jasper Johns Whose Flag Sells for $28.6 Million May 12, 2010 [Alain Truong, Eloge de l'Art]
  
• N.J. woman points out American flag displayed incorrectly at Mayor Cory Booker's re-election victory speech May 12, 2010 [Julie O'Connor, The Star-Ledger]
  
• Students' American Flag T-Shirts Are Protected Speech May 11, 2010 [Julia Harumi Mass, ACLU of Northern California, Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union]
  
• Re: Live Oak High School censorship on May 5, 2010 May 10, 2010 [Julia Harumi Mass, ACLU]
  
• Five LOHS students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts May 5, 2010 [Lindsay Bryant, MorganHillTimes.com]
  
• Did the Flag-Burning Law Really Stop Flag Burning? - Freakonomics Blog April 28, 2010 [Stephen J. Dubner, The New York Times]
  
• Star spangled protest to health care reform March 26, 2010 [Cameron Clark, Fox News]
  
• Vets Sue West L.A. Veterans Administration March 17, 2010 [Andres Chavez, San Fernando Valley Sun]
  
• ACLU Sues VA Over Free Speech Rights March 16, 2010 [Gordon Duff, Veterans Today]
  
• Flag Protocol March 13, 2010 [Tom Clark 1117, My VFW Networks]
  
• 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]