On Wednesday, I witnessed the widow of a war vetran receive the carefully folded flag that had moments earlier draped the casket of her beloved husband. One soldier played 'Taps' while two other soldiers folded the flag with ceremony and reverence and then gently offered it to the widow. It was one of the most moving experiences of my life and I found myself wiping tears as the weight of that invaluable symbol of freedom rested on my heart.
We live in country bestowed with God-given liberties that have been paid for with the blood of those who pledged their allegience, their life, to the flag of this nation. Unfortunately, we also live in a country where the government and other corrupt beaurocracies are working to disparage the American flag by removing it from American classrooms and American insititutions. People who claim to be citizens of this great country find offense at the flying of the flag. Why are they so intimidated by liberty? If you can't plede allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, then leave and find a country whose flag you can pledge allegiance and allow the patriots of this nation to revere their ultimate sympbol FREEDOM, their flag.
