- July 21, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Our house came with an American flag.
It seemed to complement our Small Town, U.S.A., zeitgeist. So we let it fly, enjoying its snap and rustle.
Because it was old, however, it quickly grew tattered and moldy and had to be taken down. Fearing that my new South Jersey neighbors would think I was with ISIS, I waited until dark of night to remove it.
We went flag-less for five years until July 4, when we put up a new Old Glory gifted to us by my brother-in-law, Alec, who explained that people on the political left like him “are patriots, too.”
I figured we’d keep it waving at least through the Olympics. Our water polo athletes need all the support they can get.
As we set about attaching the flag to its pole, I got to thinking about Alec’s words and realized that this was no inconsequential act: Showing the Stars and Stripes can be fraught business these days.
The flag has grown politicized, more specifically linked in the public square, rightly…
