I’m all for fireworks on the Fourth of July to celebrate American independence. However, when you are setting them off on the July 3rd and doing so illegally (.pdf), I’m not completely sure you’re actually celebrating the holiday but instead using the holiday as an excuse to do something you wouldn’t do the rest of the year.
And while we’re on the subject, I was once asked why I don’t fly a flag at my house. Simple, I believe that if you’re going to do it you should do it correctly and I will not leave a flag out overnight if it’s not lit. So, since I have no way of lighting a flag at night at this time, nor do I have the inclination to put out a flag each morning and take it down each night I don’t fly one.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “30 Posts in 30 Days #3: Patriotism as an excuse”
THANK YOU! One of my biggest pet peeves is that folks don’t know (or don’t care) that there is a code for how our flag should be displayed. It is most unpatriotic to fly the flag at night without proper lighting. It is just as (or even more) unpatriotic to fly a flag that is tattered at the edges. And don’t even get me started on folks who then take that old flag and just trash it.
I’m all for fireworks on the Fourth of July to celebrate American independence. However, when you are setting them off on the July 3rd and doing so illegally (.pdf), I’m not completely sure you’re actually celebrating the holiday but instead using the holiday as an excuse to do something you wouldn’t do the rest of the year.
THANK YOU! One of my biggest pet peeves is that folks don’t know (or don’t care) that there is a code for how our flag should be displayed. It is most unpatriotic to fly the flag at night without proper lighting. It is just as (or even more) unpatriotic to fly a flag that is tattered at the edges. And don’t even get me started on folks who then take that old flag and just trash it.