Vedasri (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
NewsweekVeteran Whose American Flag Was Vandalized Gets Replacement From IraqFOXNewsPatrick Best, after serving with the Army for two tours in Iraq, brought home an American flag that once flew over his base near Mosul, but he wasn't sure ...Properly displaying the American flagRichmond Times DispatchMarine whose flag was burned is inundated with offers of...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | yesterday
veteran whose american flag was vandalized gets replacement from iraqthursday july 02 2009 print patrick best after serving with the army for two tours in iraq brought home an american flag thatonce flew over his base near mosul but he wasnt sure what to do with it until he heard about ed jordanjordan who served in the marines in the 1950s had displayed an american...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
July 4th, Independence Day, is winding down in the United States so we thought we’d show you some people who take patriotism to the next level. Here are some ladies who bare it all for the American Flag. God Bless America!
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! The American flag has been painted on bathing suits, bikinis, and directly on skin like a bathing suit for decades. From movies to television to magazine spreads, below are the most famous iconic flag-as-bikini interpretations from the past several decades. Good use of the flag or bad? YOU decide. SLIDESHOW Follow HuffPo Entertainment On Twitter! More...
Vedasri (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Examiner.comMake a 4th of July American flag cake with your kidsExaminer.comUse more ice cream if you wish to make a thicker cake. 3. To make the star field of the American flag, line up the blueberries in a small rectangular in the ...Red white & blue flag cake recipe 4th of JulyExaminer.comRed white & blueberry red velvet cupcakes & cakeExaminer.comall...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
American flags against a cloudy Shenandoah Valley sky. Newest addition is the Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" flag. We're ready for Independence Day festivities. Read the flag ... 'nuff said. Photos by SWAC Girl Lynn Mitchell July 3, 2009
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
5th Annual Old Time American Flag Burn: A SUCCESS!by Brent Sunday Jul 5th, 2009 2:17 PM Many attended this community event and several shared in the ritual.We gathered at the beach alongside the other Independence Day weekend fire-pit revelers and, as they looked on, we held our flag burning ritual. 20 or so folks, most of whom didn't already know eachother, circled around the...
Boston 1775 (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Often the legend of the “Speech of the Unknown,” retold yesterday, is paired with another legend of an unidentified man advising the Founders, in this case about the American flag . To the conspiracy-minded, these two men must be the same. To anyone concerned with history based on contemporaneous documents and primary sources, the stories are equally ludicrous. The oldest...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Old Glory, she gets around. The American flag is no stranger to movies, in fact by now it probably deserves a star on the walk of fame. Sometimes it's a backdrop for an important moment as in Patton, other times it's a rallying cry as in Flags of our Fathers. But there are movies you expect the American flag to show up; In films about patriotism, war, government,...
Styledash (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Holiday Style Be your own Lady Liberty in Catherine Malandrino's American Flag dress. Photo: CatherineMalandrino.com It's a stars and stripes holiday, and there's nothing more appropriate for taking in the fireworks than wearing your flag on your sleeve, er, dress. Catherine Malandrino stepped out for her designer bow at the finale of her Spring/Summer 2009 runway...
Slog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
From Studio360's Gay Flag Design Challenge comes the Flag of Equal Marriage , "an evolving protest flag for equal marriage rights in the United States," whose stars "represent the states that actively perform same-sex marriages." Thanks for the heads-up, MetaFilter . [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sometimes polls that include Stephen Colbert crack me the heck up. This is one of them. Huffington Post has a “American Flag Bikini Moments: What’s YOUR Favorite?” poll going on, and there’s all these hot women … and Stephen. What makes it exceptionally funny is that, as of this writing, Stephen is [...]
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
I totally forgot to mention in today’s Televised Tune - the column featuring television listings we started two years ago - that Sundance will be showing the Wilco film Ashes of American Flags tonight at Midnight (EDT/PDT) as well as Saturday afternoon at 6PM (EDT/PDT). If you’re a Wilco fan and haven’t seen it, you’ll love it. If you’re not a Wilco fan...
Flopping Aces (Free subscription) | yesterday
Something uplifting for you, courtesy of Savannah writer, Carol Megathlin. It’s the story of a small US flag, transferred into the hands of a SC soldier deployed to Iraq, and it’s return home… with the soldier. Per Carol, now in possession of that flag, it’s worn and weary from the experiences… much like that young [...]
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
CAPTURE THE FLAG A Political History of American Patriotism By Woden Teachout Basic. 266 pp. $26.95 Americans tend to assume that familiar patriotic symbols and rituals, like the flag and the pledge of allegiance, have always meant what they mean today. In "Capture the Flag," a lively portrait of...
