The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers: The U.S. Armed Forces
hollyhotty (Free subscription) | yesterday
Julianne Hough is an professional ballroom dancer and country music singer who is still 21 years old. Watch this beautiful babe, wearing only the US Flag as her cover. I don’t know if she will... Looking something sexy about celebrities?!! Hollyhotty.com is the Answer!!!
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked people across Michigan to lower U.S. flags to half-staff.
DrudgeSiren.com - All Stories (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
90 year-old World War II Vet Fights Homeowner's Association Over Flying U.S. Flag...
SAILORS, MARINERS & WARRIORS LEAGUE (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Traditionally, members of the nation's veterans service organizations render the hand-salute during the national anthem and at events involving the national flag while wearing their organization's official head-gear. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 contained an amendment to allow un-uniformed servicemembers, military retirees, and veterans to render a hand salute during the hoisting,...
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs yesterday saying he thinks it is "silly" to think that 90 Year-Old Virginia Congressional Medal of Honor winner Van Barfoot has been told he cannot have a flagpole and fly his flag due to a Homeowner's Association rule. Gibbs was asked what President Obama thought about the issue. Gibbs said he has not talked to Obama...
New Urban Legends (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Photograph purportedly shows Barack and Michelle Obama saluting the U.S. flag with their left hands.
claireswp90 | 26 minutes ago
... the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. An international flotilla of warships now patrols the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, but pirates continue to carry out attacks because of the millions of dollars that can be made from a successful hijacking.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OSG America L.P. (“OSG America” or the “Partnership”; NYSE: OSP), the largest operator of U.S. Flag product carriers and ocean-going barges transporting refined petroleum products, today reported that the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved the delisting of the Partnership’s common units (the “Units”)....
History News Network (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
James Bradley author of “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Flyboys” has just published The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War . HNN contributor Aaron Leonard recently sat down with him in New York to discuss the book. Unlike Flags of Our Fathers -- with its iconic American flag raising on Mt. Suribachi -- this book shows the planting of the U.S....
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Here is a brief video report about a Virginia World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner who is fighting to keep the right to raise the American Flag on his flagpole every day. Ninety year-old Van Barfoot has been told by his homeowner's association the flagpole has to go. He intends to keep putting...
United Conservatives of Virginia (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Profiles of Valor: Col. Van Barfoot This is not the usual profile of valor. This is the story of a highly decorated 90-year-old World War II and Vietnam vet fighting his homeowner’s association to keep his flagpole . Col. Van Barfoot has been awarded more than 20 medals, including three Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit and the Medal of Honor, and is...
Census.gov (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the 13 stars and stripes became the official U.S. flag. At the decade's end, the steamship Savannah crossed the Atlantic in 29 days. Profile America is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau, now preparing for the 2010 Census. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Through the Decades http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/Fast_facts/1810_2.html...
Calculatus Eliminatus (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... think of a child that went rummaging through Dad's closet. Secondly, your tie is essentially the US flag, which only clueless politicians ever wear. Try harder next time. Don't forget about our Mad Men contest !!!
ZYZZYVASPEAKS (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... there was nothing left worth putting into a body bag. Please accept instead this folded-up U.S. flag. We hope that this war, which we elected you to withdraw from, is ended before your younger daughter is deployed. If necessary to bring peace about, we urge you to conquer the entire Muslim world. And please accept our belated congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Some crewmen who were aboard the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by pirates last April now say ship captain Richard Phillips had ignored repeated warnings to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast.
