[jennyp]

Had the school flag not been flown at half staff (which nobody noticed or understood), you would not have known that it was different than any other day. On my trip to school, I noticed no flags on anyone's porch... no banners, signs, or ribbons of any kind. No overt signs of patriotism. I was only a Thursday.

We didn't even have a flag to fly before 9/11/2001. We don't fly the flag every day, but we do fly it on the 11th of every month. (And of course the standard flag holidays.)

We figure a monthly flag day on every 11th of the month is a tradition that can last for generations.

[astounded]

My flag has not come down since 9/12/2001, I light it every night. Ours is the only one left in the area that I can see. I also am one of the few that have a flag sticker on the back window of my auto - where did they all go?

[carlo3b]

Jenny, your post encouraged us to go out tonight and get a permanent pole so we could fly our flag more often. My boy was thrilled. I don't know why we didn't do it sooner.. Thanks