BOWDOINHAM — A 13-star American flag hanging upside down from a Bowdoinham man’s porch has captured eyes and jeers from a few passers-by, but the owner says his protest isn’t intended to be divisive. “Flying the flag upside down is not a symbol of disrespect. It’s not stepping on the flag, it’s not burning the […]
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Lowering Old Glory in Farmington
Keith Chapman, a fourth-grader at Cascade Brook School in Farmington, and teacher Sabrina Beach lower the United States and Maine flags Tuesday afternoon at the school. Students take turns raising and lowering the flags each day, except when it rains, Beach said. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Keith Chapman, a fourth-grader at Cascade Brook School in […]
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Disrespecting the flag
I am sick and tired of what is going on in this country today because of political correctness. This country is being destroyed from within. There is a lack of common sense in this country today. Millionaire athletes disrespect the flag that men died for to keep it flying over the land. For me, and […]
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A larger question
As a veteran, a lot of people have asked me how I feel about NFL players taking a knee during the singing of the National Anthem. As a veteran, I wouldn’t take a knee during the National Anthem, ever. When I look at the flag, I think of the brave men and women who lost […]