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TomSlick

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6. They don't put out flags for all the national holidays.

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:58 PM

Jan 2025

Their answer is that they put out the flags for the "patriotic holidays."

I don't buy it but it gives me the opportunity to be the only office on Main Street flying a flag. The folks walking in the "Marade" always note the flag.

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I had a decision to make today. [View all] TomSlick Jan 2025 OP

Right on! It's just as much our flag as it is theirs. They do not have special rights to it! CTyankee Jan 2025 #1

It's at least as much our flag as theirs. TomSlick Jan 2025 #5

That's sad the club doesn't recognize MLK Day. Good for you to take the imitative despite their ignorance. Fla Dem Jan 2025 #2

They don't put out flags for all the national holidays. TomSlick Jan 2025 #6

Yep. I have been asked about that myself. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #3

Agreed. TomSlick Jan 2025 #7

Kudos to you! The magats have tried to take so much from us! Things like the flag, words like patriot. Up to us to Dorothy V Jan 2025 #4

Agreed. TomSlick Jan 2025 #8