Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.
Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.
How about we just fly fewer flags. I live in the center of the US and don’t need to be reminded by every public building, car lot, and bigot’s house of what country I live in.
Official federal and state buildings, those are fine.
But what if you are walking between aisles in walmart, and suddenly become unsure what country you are in?
The 400 woman on a mobility scooter blocking the isle will probably clue me in.
Oh my gosh, could you imagine? This problem is especially bad during early July. I just thank God they put reminders up. Otherwise I might forget and think I’m a communist or something!
This bill is literally about the federal government purchasing flags, not private citizens…
I remember the vacation road trips of my youth, when our family would drive from Canada down into the US to go camping. We’d make a game of counting the American flags we saw. Occasionally there’d be some “game over” property with more flags festooning it than we could actually count before we drove past. It’d be a boring game to count Canadian flags in a similar way. There’d be one or two per day of travel.