Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Today is Flag Day--the 225th birthday of the flag of the United States.
It's a day many people will fly the Stars and Stripes and others ceremoniously will burn old flags that have become tattered and torn by exposure to the elements.
It's the law.
The U.S. Flag Code states that "the flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."
Say what you will about the U.S. Flag Code but don't regard it as some sort of legally binding law. It isn't.
But for the sake of the argument this Eagle Scout asks you to assume that it is a legally binding law. Here are two other provisions of the Flag Code:
The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
On September 14 and then again yesterday the Sun-Times included a paper version of the flag, which in the lower right hand corner read "Chicago Sun-Times". The Sun-Times is apparently breaking "the law."
