For Those of Us Who Care, Saturday is Flag Day   

That was very nice. My husband is a vet and flies the flag every day. He missed taking the old one to the American Legion for the flag burning last year so he plans to go this time around.

Don't expect a lot of positive responses to this one.

There are far too many people who hate America and everything it stands for, and a lot of them are currently in control of Congress, and they have a lot of supporters here on myLot.

I come from an extremely patriotic family. My mother's family has a very deep history in the US Military dating back to the American Revolution, and my father's family came over from Germany and the UK to live the American dream - that was created through this patriotic blood - to its fullest. We fly the flag every day. We say "God Bless America." And we wore clothes bearing American Flag designs long, long before 9/11. I am always very happy to see people who are patriotic enough to care about this nation's history and the flag that symbolizes it as I am.

Thank you ever-so much for this post, and although I have seen several versions of "I Am Your Flag" many times before, I always enjoy reading it very much as it reminds us that it takes strong shoulders to bear such a symbol of our nation. As Ronald Reagan put it: "The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave."

This should not be forgotten by any American. And again, thanks for reminding everyone of Flag Day. I love this country and what it stands for, and it is great to for once see someone thankful for it and praising it rather than thinking it's cool to speak ill of it... Always nice to see anywhere.

This is a great post. I'm very proud of the FLAG and what it represents. I have 5 brothers in the military. Three have served in Iraq, one of those served in Iraq twice. One was a guard at Abu Ghraib, one was involved in finding foreign terrorists entering across the syrian border. I have two brothers currently in Afghanistan, one of them has been there twice, the other has been there at least three times. My brothers have been in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Kosovo, Bosnia, Israel, and several other places.

I am incredibly proud of their service. My father was in the military, my uncle was in the military, one of my grandfathers was in the military. I'm very proud to be from a military family that believes in its countries ideals.

Thank you for sharing this important post.

The flag represents our ideals and I'm proud of the men and women who defend its ideals.

Patriotism is supporting your country ALL of the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain.

(and right now, the government is severely lacking IMHO)

I am one of those that care. I am a proud American, in fact I am a really proud American. I am a Native American. Our Flag stands for something, it means something. Good post, we Americans do need a reminder of who we are, what we stand for, what we believe.