[BwanaNdege]

Glenn may end up like one of the men who carried the flag in battles of 100 or 200 years ago. The enemy was always trying to knock off this standard bearer (the origin of the term) and sometimes succeeded. True warriors were trained to grab their flag quickly if the standard bearer started to drop from wounds or exhaustion.

This is how the tradition came about that makes it anathema for the flag to touch the ground.

OUR ENEMIES CANNOT and WILL NOT PUT DOWN WHAT WE STAND FOR!

If one carrying it falls, another will hold it aloft for all, both Friend and Foe, to see that we are resolute and still in the fight!

[Beloved Levinite]

"This is how the tradition came about that makes it anathema for the flag to touch the ground."

Very interesting. Thanks for that tidbit of important history.

[GreyMountainReagan]

Glenn may end up like one of the men who carried the flag in battles of 100 or 200 years ago. The enemy was always trying to knock off this standard bearer (the origin of the term) and sometimes succeeded. True warriors were trained to grab their flag quickly if the standard bearer started to drop from wounds or exhaustion. This is how the tradition came about that makes it anathema for the flag to touch the ground.

I posted this post to my FB page.

I have a bunch of 'friends' that are liberal and I am fighting them all the way.

Your post was a well-aimed shot in their direction.