United States Flag Code

found within the flag itself such as “America” and “For sale” display the lack of humanity and the values of a life at a bargain price. Manipulation is…

playing of our national anthem. Standing for the playing of the national anthem is a sign of respect that citizens of many countries choose to take part in. In the everyday life, Americans have very few opportunities to come together. The American flag and the National Anthem is a sign of respect of freedom, it is not a declaration for those who agree…

Oyvind Fahlstrom’s 1965 Eddie (Sylvie’s Brother) in the Desert is just one of many different artworks that are on display in the new wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. This piece of artwork is part of a gallery on display titled The New Contemporary. It features an extraordinary amount of art works ranging from the years of 1945 to today. Fahlstrom’s piece features ink and tempera on wood along with twenty cutouts on vinyl. In the early 1960’s he began to make what he called “variable”…

makes it sound like there is an underlying motive and that raises a lot of red flags. There is no need to pay sports bodies to honor the people that have already sacrificed so much, this money should be put towards readapting them. The article makes me think about the upcoming world Olympics in Rio. I would not see it as compulsory patriotism if an athlete wins a medal for their country and they are handed their country’s flag, which they will flaunt around for everybody to see, their national…

Undoubtedly, same-sex marriage has become a polarizing issue that currently plagues every major city in the United States. The argument of whether racial equality and same-sex rights are identical has now become a prolonged fight that seems to have no end in sight. Flag war is a heartbreaking documentary that explores the bias of homosexuality over racism in Columbus, Ohio, a predominantly African/American community, where a group of gay white citizens invades and try to displace the…

The American flag other known as Old Glory or the symbol of America freedom that some love and other take for granite. It is in every school, government building, or outside of local businesses or everywhere you look. The have songs about it, pictures of it, and every k through 12 grade says the pledge before school starts. For some people the flag to them is something to hate or the symbol of evil. It has been cut, burned, and step on all over the world but it has even been hated on by people…

In a speech in early 1899, when debate was raging over what the United States should do with the Philippines, Congressman George Hoar made the argument that the constitution does not give the United States the right to rule people in order to “civilize them,” and doing this against that people’s own interests went against the text and the spirit of the document, and the founding principles of the United States. Hoar also argued against the claim that holding on to the Philippines was for…

American flags for a national magazine. Bellamy took the job opportunity and created the Pledge of Allegiance. In 1892 the Pledge of Allegiance was published for the first time in the magazine, The Youth Companion. In 1898 New York became the first state to legislate the requirement to making it a part of a morning flag salute in schools. By 1917 pledging allegiance to the flag became a fixture of public education in America. In 1942 Congress adopted it as part of a national flag code (U.S.…

When we listen to music we often associate the style or theme to different aspects of life, for example, a nation, a movie or even a scene, John Philip Sousa’s music is no different. When his music is heard it is associated with America and the Armed Forces. Often times associations are made over time like, Thanksgiving and pie but, the association of Sousa’s music and America were nearly seamless. His march, Stars & Stripes Forever exemplifies this association musically and historically.…

example, Mexico and the United States share a border and both have a republic government, but their way of educating contrasts one another. The most prominent cause of the differences in the school system in these two countries is the amount of money available. Mexico lacks the funds that Americans take for granted daily, and Mexico is a poor country that does not have the money to spend on schools like the United States can. In fact, the author writes, “The United States was… cited as having…