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Last year at World’s I purposely put the flag up like that to see who would notice, intending before the meet started to fix it. Nobody said a word until Glasgow walks in and his jaw drops and yells…”WHO HUNG THAT FLAG”! hahaha. You are one of the few non military people who would notice. There is actually quite a protocol for the flag, it’s not easy to remember all of them.

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Yes, it’s not the whole “on top” thing, simply a display issue.

However, I do agree with Ralph Rose…..and if you know who that is, you get a super bonus on being a patriot!

You lost me kon that one
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Ralph Rose was a shot putter at one of the first Olympics. He refused to dip the US flag to the King of England. Since that time it’s been a tradition to NOT dip the US flag to the host of the Olympics while every other country does. Rose allegedly said, “This flag dips for no earthly King”. It’s been a point of controversy every since as the US is the only country that regularly does it.

VERY cool. Do you know what year that was, Thom?

dan

1908. Also Ralph Rose set a record in the shot put not broken for 16 years and he was a giant, even by today’s standards at almost 6’6″ and 250 plus pounds of solid body weight.

This, like many things has been shrouded in time. Supposedly one story is this was from the fact Rose was of Irish descent and had to do more with that than being America and some dispute he made the statement. BUT, the fact is he did it and it caused some hard feelings with the British who’s judging in that Olympics went against Americans and the flag deal caught some of the blame…but I think it would have happened anyways.

Thanks Thom. That’s very interesting.

I wouldn’t be surprised if being Irish and American made Rose just a tad bit ornery, especially since he had to strut his stuff in front of King Edward VII…and especially if he didn’t have his morning Bushmills yet. 🙂

Then again, them being upset about that is akin to some of us getting upset about our flag being&#8212in contrast though, probably inadvertently&#8212hung improperly.

-d

Dan….hahaha….good one.

Having been in the Marines and being fond of color guard duty I probably know more than most about the flag. I only get upset when it’s obvious someone is showing disrespect rather than when it’s inadvertent…HOWEVER, that can be a teaching moment!

I think our “attitude” as Americans is what sets us apart.

A quick story. I was stationed at Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida. It was a Navy base with several thousand Navy and a few hundred Marines. The base CO was a Rear Admiral. He wanted the Marines to do the colors. He said we “did it right”. Every morning (at lease when I did it) he would be standing and saluting from his window watching us.

That’s the way a base CO ought to be.

By the way, my condolences for having been a Marine. 🙂

-d

Dan, no apologies needed about being a Marine….but at least they taught me how to shoot! HAHAHAHAH

OUCH! lol