ohandrea
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:32:15 PM new
Just heard a good idea......today would be a good day to display your American flag.
Don't ask me to justify why. It just makes me feel better.
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zilvy
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:37:18 PM new
Because, we are ONE NATION! The flag is our badge of courage. By flying it I will be telling the cowardly enemy, you can wound us and cause us to shed many tears, but you cannot control or dominate our spirit!
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RainyBear
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:41:39 PM new
Do stores sell flags this time of year? I don't have one, but I'd really like to fly one.
Wouldn't it be awful to find out that this was an act of domestic terrorism? As unlikely as that it, it's not impossible, as the Oklahoma City bombing proved.
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figmente
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:45:45 PM new
I felt that urge and did so.
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ohandrea
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:51:15 PM new
Rainy Bear....I just called Home Depot and they said they only carry them on Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, but they have been inundated with calls today. Couldn't give me any info on who else might carry them.
Wow.
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RainyBear
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:53:07 PM new
Darn, all I have is a silly pirate flag. 
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toke
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:53:49 PM new
We fly it every day...today included...
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ohandrea
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posted on September 11, 2001 01:57:04 PM new
Rainy Bear, sorry, that cracked me up . Thanks for a little smile on this sad day!
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kelliegirl
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posted on September 11, 2001 02:06:22 PM new
My flag is now flying. Thank you for that suggestion. May God be with all of us.
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hepburn
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posted on September 11, 2001 02:13:22 PM new
Make one. Use a white towel or a strip of white sheet, grab the blue and red crayons or markalots you might have and MAKE ONE. doesnt matter if its not store bought or perfect. Its what it stands for.
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bh010296
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posted on September 11, 2001 02:36:07 PM new
Maybe contact your local VFW? Maybe they have flags. I don't know. It is a thought.
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uaru
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:00:47 PM new
Its what it stands for.
A local radio station is passing out flags. People are flying them. The blood donation centers have lines here. I think, I hope, I pray, that the terrorist become amazed at how American's will respond. As one government official put it, "They wanted our attention, they got our attention, and they will rue the day."
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zilvy
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:10:01 PM new
GOD BLESS AMERICA
[ edited by zilvy on Sep 11, 2001 03:12 PM ]
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Ellen1Ratza3
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:30:18 PM new
The only Flag I have is the Flag that was used on my fathers casket can I fly that ???
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KatyD
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:32:46 PM new
When I went to pull ours out the closet, it was too ratty to put out. I meant to get another one on Labor Day but never got around to it. Found one at Longs Drugstore today when I went on errands. There were only 2 full size left, but a number of the smaller yard ones. Target has them too, I think.
KatyD
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:42:22 PM new
Ellen ~
I'll bet that would make him very proud of you!
BECKY
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zilvy
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posted on September 11, 2001 03:43:42 PM new
I was thinking the same thing, Honor your country and your Father!
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Femme
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posted on September 11, 2001 04:26:10 PM new
Lowe's always has flags in stock.
Mine is always flying. Rather than taking it down at dusk, I will keep it up tonight, lighted, of course.
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toke
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posted on September 11, 2001 04:36:00 PM new
Femme...
We're going to leave our's up tonight, too...Paul's going out to light it, now.
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rancher24
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posted on September 11, 2001 04:59:29 PM new
Just put our flag outside the front door, right under the outside light. Local radio stations asking folks to do the same.
God Bless America
~ Rancher
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bunnicula
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posted on September 11, 2001 05:04:27 PM new
Mine's up.
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ubiedaman
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posted on September 11, 2001 09:56:22 PM new
Ellen...
I wish I still had the flag from my Dad's casket...I would fly it VERY proudly!!! (we donated it to a Vet Cemetary)
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
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yeager
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posted on September 12, 2001 12:48:26 AM new
Proud to be an American! 
[ edited by yeager on Sep 12, 2001 12:56 AM ]
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jt-2007
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posted on September 12, 2001 04:04:35 AM new
My town put them up on every telephone pole. It looks like the 4th of July.
T
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victoria
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posted on September 12, 2001 06:45:34 AM new
I have a bunch of the little ones. I put them around my driveway ( they are tall enough not to touch the ground).
WalMart & KMart usually has them.
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RainyBear
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:08:21 AM new
ohandrea, thanks for the suggestion and Femme, thanks for mentioning Lowe's. By the time I got there last night their flag selection was a little sparse, but I was able to pick one up and it's now over my garage.
Thank goodness I did not have to display the pirate flag. 
A little neighbor girl asked us what we were doing while we were mounting the flag, and we said we were putting our flag up. Then she asked "Why?" Neither my husband nor I really knew what to say, but I finally managed to answer, "Because it shows we're proud of our country." I suppose that sums it up.
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zilvy
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:32:18 AM new
Our whole neighborhood is flying the American Flag. Makes your heart swell with pride and the message is definitely there! We are Americans and we are proud of our people and our country! ONE NATION!
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rhondalee65
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posted on September 12, 2001 11:10:24 AM new
Ours is up and our town has them all the way down main street.
God Bless America and us all!
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