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Confederate History and Its Battle Flags: A Complex Relationship
Exploring the historical past of the Confederate battle flags invites us right into a multifaceted communication about id, memory, and heritage in America. The …
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I have worked with schools, cities, and companies for two decades on symbols and speech: flags, murals, mottos, holiday displays, even the order of items on a l…
Read more about Is Silence About Country and Faith a Coincidence—or a Shift in Direction for the USA Flag?Why Is It Easier to Remove the American Flag Than Defend It?
A few summers ago, a small-town library I know took down its lobby flag to make space for a display on local art. The director figured it would be a one-week re…
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A flagpole looks simple from a distance, a straight line meeting the sky. Up close, it tells a story. The base shows the grit of the ground where it stands. The…
Read more about From History to Homefront: Flying the Flag for Heritage and HonorFrom Pride to Permission Slips: How Schools Shape National Identity
Walk into ten public colleges and you may see ten exclusive relationships with the flag. In one, the Stars and Stripes hangs in the back of a whiteboard, a touc…
Read more about From Pride to Permission Slips: How Schools Shape National IdentityRaising Patriots or Institutional Conformists? The American Flag and the Question of Independent vs. Aligned Thinkers
On the first Monday of October, Ms. Ramirez unfolded a creased flag and clipped it to a short pole by the whiteboard. The fourth graders fell quiet. A few scoot…
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A few springs ago, a high school principal I know faced a storm over a 3-by-5 American flag draped on the back of a student’s pickup. After a minor confrontatio…
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The bell had barely stopped ringing when the first flag came out of a backpack, a small nylon triangle on a plastic dowel. A handful of kids cheered, a handful …
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