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Veteran in Oregon Faces Eviction for Putting Up American Flag

Kathy Landin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:18 +0000

A navy veteran in Springfield, Oregon received an eviction notice from his landlord for putting up an American flag for Navy Day on October 27.

Construction Worker Moons Queen Elizabeth With Inappropriate Flag Placement

Shauna Wright — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:36 +0000

Not many people can say the Queen of England has seen their bare backside, but Liam Warriner of Australia can.

During the monarch’s recent visit to Brisbane, her motorcade was treated to a “full moon” when Warriner dropped trou and ran about 50 yards alongside the cars with an Australian flag wedged between his buttocks.

National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:20:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.