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Flag Day

I’m not a big flag waver. We put some out on Memorial Day and July 4th but that is about it. Just a few small ones along the garden. But today is Flag Day so I thought I would participate here.

Close-up of an American flag waving on a tall ship, with rigging and blue sky in the background.
Our flag, it doesn’t belong to the right or left, it belongs to all of us. Photo by Mike Hartley

I have a military funeral flag from my father’s burial that is displayed in a nice case some kind person sent me and is displayed in front of 34 8×10 prints of my favorite shots from Arlington National Cemetery where my parents are buried.

Close-up of a stone sculpture depicting a draped American flag with stars and stripes against a blue sky.
Beautiful headstone at Arlington National Cemetery

A neighbor up the street has a flagpole and had theirs up all the time before they moved. They have sat empty since.

A house with a gray exterior featuring two flags: the United States flag and the Maryland state flag, surrounded by a neatly landscaped yard.
Flags at attention today. Photo by Mike Hartley

For the last 9 years of my career, I looked out my window at these two flags that flew over the Washington Post building on 15th street NW. For the first 17 years I walked under them to enter the building.

A display featuring two flags: the American flag on the left and the District of Columbia flag on the right, both framed and illuminated in a modern setting.
Photo by Mike Hartley