American Flags to fly at half-staff Tues, Dec 14 in the state of Washington to honor U. S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jason D. Peto.
http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1617&newsType=1
American Flags to fly at half-staff Fri, Dec 10 in the state of New York to honor Marine Sergeant Nicholas Aleman.
American Flags to fly at half-staff Thurs, Dec 9 in the state of Kentucky to honor Sgt. 1st Class Barry Jarvis.
The King, NC City Council voted to approve their new lottery system that will allow citizens to apply to fly flags over the Veterans Monument. They see this as the resolution to the six month debate over whether the Christian Flag should be flying above a public monument.
Read more: http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/dec/07/king-sets-flag-rule-ar-596415/
Flags are to fly at half-staff today from sunrise to sunset for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
The controversy over flying the Christian flag at a publically owned Veteran’s Memorial in King, NC continues. It appears the city council is looking at passing a lottery system that would allow individual residents to fly the religious flag of their choice for a period of one week over the Memorial. The next week would have another resident flying the religious flag of their choice for a week and so on.
Read more about this issue at: http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/nov/23/city-proposes-policy-would-allow-citizens-fly-flag-ar-560720/
Happy Veterans Day from All Star Flags! We are proud to join in the salute to America’s service members, past & present, and offer our sincere thanks and appreciation for all that they have sacrificed for our freedoms. Fly your flags proudly today Americans, for today we honor our Veterans!!
The large flag flying at the Exxon Gas Station in Leland, NC is back flying again. In a battle that began in July, the Town Council ordered the owner to take down the oversized flag that was found to be in violation of the town sign ordinance. The public generated quite a buzz locally in defense of the flag and against the town council for ordering its removal. Over 6,000 signatures were gathered in support of the large American Flag. The town ordinance has now been revised to allow for flagpoles of 60′ and the appropriate sized flags for those poles. More can be found on the story by visiting:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100903/ARTICLES/100909855
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100726/ARTICLES/100729739
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20101026/ARTICLES/101029682
The small town of King, NC (outside Winston-Salem) has garnered national attention this month over the display of the Christian flag on public property. A Christian flag had flown above a war memorial that rested on a public park. One citizen petitioned the City Council that the Christian flag shouldn’t be displayed on public property due to the separation of church and state. The ACLU and other organizations backed the citizen and the City Council ordered the flag to be removed. The residents of King fought back. Local veteran’s groups gained permission for display of a temporary Christian flag through a protest application; this was granted and the flag has been guarded 24 hours a day since. Visitors to the park are up tremendously and vendors have made there way selling merchandise to support the Keep the Flag movement. Christian flags are now prominantely displayed all over town on business and private properties. All Star Flags has supplied many of these flags; our sales of Christian flags are about triple the normal amount and the movement that started in King seems to be spreading across North Carolina. The proponents of the Christian flag have planned a rally for this Saturday to express their desire to see the flag returned permanantely to the monument. The issue is still tied up at the city council level at this time.
Yet again, flags are showing that they ellicit passions not stirred by many other objects in our lives today.
The free shipping code for September is “AS9”. Minimum order of $25 and excludes flagpoles. Don’t forget Patriot Day on September 11th is just around the corner.