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This counts IMO
This is what I'm doing this year. I'm having work done on my house and have nowhere to mount the big one.
That's the next poll BTW
Make sure its above your other flag.... would hate to have zero neighbors wave at you
It won't even get dark before it startsThat's the next poll BTW
As far as I know, it's not "illegal" (you're not going to jail) but some frown on it. Myself, I don't care what those people think. How dare anyone tell me the "right" way to be patriotic? I earned my spot.
illegal no, against flag etiquette yes
It can be much worse. I lived in a Dominican neighborhood for two years, and 4th of July lasts at last two weeks.It won't even get dark before it startsThat's the next poll BTW
They either love this country, or really love fireworks
My grandpa was a WW2 Navy fighter pilot who fired one of the torpedo's from his plane that helped sink the Yamato Battleship. He was as patriotic as it gets and his flag flew on a free-standing flagpole on his farm, day and night with no light, for as long as I can remember.
I spent a week in Nicaragua about 10 years ago. It's EVERY night there. I have to believe they've never stopped firing them off since I leftIt can be much worse. I lived in a Dominican neighborhood for two years, and 4th of July lasts at last two weeks.It won't even get dark before it startsThat's the next poll BTW
Same
I got a little solar light to point at it at night
My dog isn't a big fan either.
Yeah. He was interviewed on radio about it years ago. Right after the war I think. Here's the transcript:
My gramps was in the Pacific. He flew the Narragansett beer flag for the rest of his life after that.
You don't need dark for BOOMS!It won't even get dark before it startsThat's the next poll BTW
Do you fly the American Flag on Independence Day (July 4th)?
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Whether it's especially for the 4th, or always flying. Any size, anywhere on your property.
Chief, that is really amazing and awesome. Loved this part:
at the Grant/Jack part of the exchange. Lol. Nicknames were very common back then. My grandfather’s name before the war was Archie. Post war he only went by “Domna”, short for Dominic, (his middle name.)
Guadalcanal also, according to my aunt. I have also been told he was Iwo Jima and Okinawa. I wish he was still alive so I could hear exactly where he was. He would never talk about it when I was a kid. He was seriously messed up from it all unfortunately.
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Yeah something like this. Local realtors sometimes provide them. In fact, I have one stashed in the garage that I'm gonna go put out right now!
They have been going off all week in my neighborhood.
Same. Tried to talk to him but I asked poorly worded questions like “ So what was the war like?” (Idiot!
The was the first and only time I ever saw Pop cry.
I started a thread here a while back and shared some of it. I have about 50 of his letters sent back to his wife and more than half of them mention looking for beer lol.
If you know which unit he was in I might be able to help you. I’ve paused my quest to track where my grandfather was but I’ll happily look into your grandfathers unit for ya the next time I break out the boxes.
Pop was with the Americal division, 57th combat engineer battalion - Guadalcanal, then it gets hazy but it seems to be they hit Lyte, Bougainville and Fiji.
I have a deck of playing cards with his hand written words” from DC to Fiji and back”
My grandfather LOVED to talk about it. And talk about it he did. He frequently was a guest at the schools in his little town in Illinois when the kids needed a real life history lesson. He would give speeches to groups and go to squadron reunions with his men and swap stories. And could remember these stories in great detail - down to the color shirt a guy was wearing when they were walking down a street in Italy 50 years before. It was amazing.Same. Tried to talk to him but I asked poorly worded questions like “ So what was the war like?” (Idiot!
The was the first and only time I ever saw Pop cry.
I started a thread here a while back and shared some of it. I have about 50 of his letters sent back to his wife and more than half of them mention looking for beer lol.
If you know which unit he was in I might be able to help you. I’ve paused my quest to track where my grandfather was but I’ll happily look into your grandfathers unit for ya the next time I break out the boxes.
Pop was with the Americal division, 57th combat engineer battalion - Guadalcanal, then it gets hazy but it seems to be they hit Lyte, Bougainville and Fiji.
I have a deck of playing cards with his hand written words” from DC to Fiji and back”
My grandfather LOVED to talk about it. And talk about it he did. He frequently was a guest at the schools in his little town in Illinois when the kids needed a real life history lesson. He would give speeches to groups and go to squadron reunions with his men and swap stories. And could remember these stories in great detail - down to the color shirt a guy was wearing when they were walking down a street in Italy 50 years before. It was amazing.Same. Tried to talk to him but I asked poorly worded questions like “ So what was the war like?” (Idiot!
The was the first and only time I ever saw Pop cry.
I started a thread here a while back and shared some of it. I have about 50 of his letters sent back to his wife and more than half of them mention looking for beer lol.
If you know which unit he was in I might be able to help you. I’ve paused my quest to track where my grandfather was but I’ll happily look into your grandfathers unit for ya the next time I break out the boxes.
Pop was with the Americal division, 57th combat engineer battalion - Guadalcanal, then it gets hazy but it seems to be they hit Lyte, Bougainville and Fiji.
I have a deck of playing cards with his hand written words” from DC to Fiji and back”
Before he died I asked him to type up a list of all the places he served down to his squadrons and groups and everything.
One of my favorite stories of his was at his funeral. A man comes up to me and he was wearing a Navy hat - one of the kinds you see veterans wear all the time. He looks at me, tears welling up in his eyes, and says to me:
"I wouldn't be standing here today without your Grandpa helping me. We were in a bad way in a fight and I was all shot up, but my plane could operate. Your grandfather found me and guided me back to the air craft carrier. He always did that for us men. He never came back unless we were all accounted for."
What state was he? My gramps was James McElroy providence RI. He initially lied about his birthday and he went in at 16. That's where the confusion starts. I'll try and get more info from my aunt asap. Thx!
Same. Tried to talk to him but I asked poorly worded questions like “ So what was the war like?” (Idiot!
The was the first and only time I ever saw Pop cry.
I started a thread here a while back and shared some of it. I have about 50 of his letters sent back to his wife and more than half of them mention looking for beer lol.
If you know which unit he was in I might be able to help you. I’ve paused my quest to track where my grandfather was but I’ll happily look into your grandfathers unit for ya the next time I break out the boxes.
Pop was with the Americal division, 57th combat engineer battalion - Guadalcanal, then it gets hazy but it seems to be they hit Lyte, Bougainville and Fiji.
I have a deck of playing cards with his hand written words” from DC to Fiji and back”
