We always display our American flag on the appropriate holidays. We got a flag because we did not want the right wingers to claim the flag as theirs. As Progressives, lefties, liberals we consider the flag ours as well.
Though this year I can't say that I am displaying it proudly. In fact, I seriously considered hanging it upside down which is a distress signal. That is surely where we are today: A country in distress and disarray.
We will acknowledge the Fourth of July by staying home. I plan to greet the day with my favorite pieces of American music; the works I always play on this day: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," Aaron Coplans's "Appalachian Spring," Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing" and last, but never least, The Jefferson Airplane's "We Can Be Together."
Stay home. Stay Safe.
Lovely porch and sentiments, which I echo. Thank you!
Posted by: Denise Maher | Saturday, July 04, 2020 at 10:49 AM
Amen Sister. I like your play list too. Happy 4th.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Saturday, July 04, 2020 at 12:31 PM
I hung my flag upside down after the 2016 election. I hope I don't have to do it this year. I too am a proud liberal who doesn't want conservatives to lay claim to our flag. I live in Virginia, but as a Yankee I find the confederate flags here distressing.
Posted by: TRACY PEREZ | Saturday, July 04, 2020 at 12:42 PM
We usually hang our flag on the 4th but haven't, mainly because my husband isn't feeling great at the moment and I haven't the patience to search the garage to locate it. I hadn't heard of hanging the flag upside down but now I'm tempted to root through there anyway. Enjoy your holiday tunes and the day, Lynda!
Posted by: Kris P | Saturday, July 04, 2020 at 02:45 PM
I appreciate your desire to maintain a claim to the flag and hope you had a good 4th. It was insane here. I'd read predictions that it would be a loud one, since all the formal displays were cancelled. My lord was it ever! Complete insanity.
Posted by: Loree / danger garden | Sunday, July 05, 2020 at 12:06 PM