Clifton, New Jersey honors soldiers and veterans by lining the street with American flags. Very few cities around the country can boast about their patriotic spirit quite like Clifton, New Jersey. Five times a year, the Clifton Avenue of Flags lines the streets around City Hall with 1,500 American flags.... Read more
Numerous American flags now line the streets of Danbury, Connecticut thanks to the American Legion Post #60 Color Guard. The streets of Danbury, Connecticut never fail to honor the stars and stripes, thanks to the American Legion Post #60 Color Guard. The small band of veterans have previously placed American... Read more
The city of Stoughton rented a giant flag for special days, such as September 11, which inspired a young girl to help raise money for a permanent city flag. Christine Iacobucci needed to cover an event in Stoughton last year for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Since... Read more
Patriotic citizens carry on the mission and spread the word about a special Veterans Remembered flag that honors veterans of all wars. Todd and Debra Kabella wanted to replace a damaged Support Our Troops flag at their home. Kabella stumbled upon a documentary that highlighted World War II veteran James... Read more
A fear of heights is not even a question for this father-son duo and their business, the flagpole painting business that is. Warren Hinrichs travels the country painting any and every flagpole he’s asked to do. Their latest job, the Woodbury Court House, took him a mere three hours for... Read more
On George Washington Bridge the World’s Largest Free-Flying US Flag was Displayed for Flag. The people crossing the Hudson River on George Washington Bridge in New York last Thursday, Flag Day, were the audience of a unique national treasure. The world’s largest free-flying US flag was suspended from the upper... Read more
Just a few short weeks after a Brooklyn mural was defaced, artist Scott LoBaido rebounded with a fresh – and in your face – painting. A still unknown suspect vandalized the Brooklyn painting late one mid-May night, covering it with the inscription “Patriotism Makes Me Sick” in black spray paint. It... Read more
Daughter of Father Serving Overseas Upset by Missing American Flag -Carleton, MI Jordin Kennedy, 12, was disheartened at the beginning of this school year when she noticed that something was missing from her classroom at Wagar Middle School. The flag poles at her school were empty. This was an upsetting... Read more