Don't fly flag if it's a mess (06/29/06)

To the editor:

This is in response to the letter from Roy Leverich on Saturday, June 10, 2006. It was a very interesting and educational letter.

One statement he made really stood out: “It’s disturbing when many Jayland businesses and homes, through neglect, allow their U.S. flags to deteriorate into shredded strips of faded rags for all to see. And we take ‘pride’ in our Jay County Patriots and nation?”

My husband and I do a lot of walking in different areas of town, and it truly is distressing to see tattered flags flying from flagpoles. We’ve often said how nice it would be to have the money to give new flags to the folks who need one.

If you have a flag that needs to be replaced, and you don’t have the money to buy one, PLEASE take the tattered one down until you can get a replacement. An empty flagpole is much easier to look at than a torn and tattered flag.

Sincerely,

Janice Durham

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