Flags

of my editorial/opinion article is racism based on Dr. Ben Carson’s respond to the confederate flag. Carson was asked about the confederate flag, after a NASCAR appearance and his response was reasonable. He stated that NASCAR fans should continue to fly the flags as long as it’s in private property. As our amendments state we have the right to express our beliefs. I disagree with the confederate flag, it symbols a hard time here in American, such as slavery and white supremacy. Those times…

Sometimes it is for the best, other times, not so much. Everyone has their own opinion about change, some like a change in scenery, others, like myself, hate it. Change can be shown in different ways. In the three short stories, “The Lottery”, “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and “What, of this Goldfish, Would you Wish?” all have examples of fearing to change. Although we might not always agree with it, change is bound to happen. Some people are afraid of change, it means things will be…

Dickens, is a fiction story about the ghosts of Scrooge’s Christmas Past, Present, as well as Future and his journey to become a kind and loving person. If I were in charge of designing a flag that would symbolically represent an important aspect of the novel A Christmas Carol, the one element I would include in my flag design would be a path leading two directions. In the story, Scrooge is warned by Marley’s Ghost during a sudden visit about what is to come if he continues to be a miser. On…

sparked most controversy was the crusade for the removal of Confederate statues and flags, as it questioned something responsible for American culture – the Bill of Rights. The conversation began with Dylann Roof shooting nine people in a predominantly black church in Charleston and then posing with a number of Confederate flags. Then, it escalated to the Neo-Nazi riots in Charlottesville, Virginia where the Confederate flag was also used alongside the Nazi swastika. The ‘Stainless Banner’ was…

The Star Spangled Banner represents freedom. The writer of the Star Spangled Banner was Francis Scott Key. The Star Spangled Banner was written during the Battle of Fort McHenry and was written for the Garrison Flag. The book, Rush Revere and the Star Spangled Banner by Rush Limbaugh, talks about the Star Spangled Banner and how it came to be. The song was written by Francis Scott Key, while he was on a British warship, trying to free his friend. His friend was named an American Doctor named…

Nationalism is omnipresent in the United States. Every American has experienced varying levels of nationalism even if they did not consciously process the stimuli. Common nationalistic American symbols range from the Flag to the paper bills we exchange as currency. Constant exposure to these items slowly desensitizes the mind to them, causing us to not look as closely at them. The United States currency, for example, is covered in symbols; however, Americans ignore most of the symbols because…

September 11th terrorist attacks people across the US were brandishing the American flag a lot more, so in reaction to the terrorist attacks, some local employees at a public library in Boulder wanted to hang a 10 by 15 foot American flag in the building's south entrance. This trouble began when they asked the library director Marcelee Gralapp if the could follow through on the idea, her response was that the flag would compromise the library's “objectivity” explaining to…

the Federal Flag Protection Act of 1989 for burning American flags on the steps of the Capitol. In the Supreme Court case, Eichman and others argued that the Federal Flag Protection Act violated the First Amendment. Courts in Washington State and in the District of Colombia agreed, thus the United States government then appealed to the Supreme Court. As a result, the Courts decision stated that the government cannot prosecute an individual for burning a United States flag because flag burning…

to be a key part of the commemorative ceremonies, it was a pledge to the flag school children would recite in unison. Along with writing the pledge, Bellamy was also instrumental in successfully lobbying Congress to for a resolution endorsing the children’s ceremony, and helped convince President Benjamin Harrison to issue a proclamation declaring a Columbus Day holiday. The first pledge read: I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation, indivisible,…

“Swastika” comes from the word svastika in Sanskrit, which means good fortune or well-being. If we look deeper, the true meaning of the word is “permanent victory”. The swastika has a history for more than 5,000 years. It was widely used all over Europe during the twentieth century because it has a good meaning. But for the Hindus and Buddhists in many countries and mostly India, the swastika symbol was an important symbol for more than a thousand years. The swastika symbol was not really famous…