We are trying to find a suitable flagpole we will then be flying one. We had a flagpole at our house when I was growing up but it was cheap steel and sank in concrete so it eventually broke, found out last summer that you aren't supposed to put a flagpole in concrete as it will eventually snap at the point the pole and the concrete meet. So we are still looking for a good flagpole.
I am proud to fly a flag that actually represents what this country is. Freedom and Liberty. A flag that emboldens the Constitution and States Rights. Not a federal oligarchy. You can fly your flag to mean whatever you like. Just realize that...
It's like walking around and calling yourself gay when you are happy. Sure it previously meant happy, but today it stands for something completely opposite of what it did originally. Sucks, but that's the breaks Same goes for "old glory". It's been so hijacked and perverted it's beyond repair. I knew a few people in their late 80's who refuse to stop using the word gay to describe their mood. Always makes me chuckle a bit.
None of these flags were flying when my great great grandfather was taken prisoner (and later died) at Petersburg, VA where he was fighting for that Grand Old Flag. My uncle didn't serve under any of these flags when his Sherman tank was blown up (disabling him for life) in Europe while fighting the Nazis. My father didn't salute any of these flags at reveille while fighting in the Pacific theater during WWII. I only saw Old Glory standing in defiance in the American Sector in Berlin before the "Wall" fell. Many hundreds of thousands fought proudly under the red, white, and blue, while fellow countrymen were cursing them, spitting on them, and just ignoring them during the war in Southeast Asia. Although these efforts to preserve freedom don't seem to mean much to you, they do mean much to many. Although I respect the founders of this country and honor their memory, the current flag represents the freedoms to me that I live under. The majority of people in the world will never know even the slightest flicker of freedoms that I enjoy every day. My beloved flag will drape my coffin, when I am called home. Until then, I will fly the current flag proudly and sincerely say, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."