Flags beautify Oshkosh city streets
The American flag: it represents our freedom, but it also represents who we are and what we stand for as a nation.
Over the years certain Supreme Court rulings have allowed the flag to be burned or desecrated on as a form of expression and speech. While that may be a legally correct interpretation of one’s First Amendment rights, I seriously doubt it is what our forefathers intended or envisioned some 200-plus years ago. So it is always nice, and a refreshing change from some of what we see these days, to actually see people respecting the flag. I only wish there were more of it.
But some people, even with the best of intentions, tend to forget that when the flag goes by people should stand and either salute the flag, if they were in the military, or place their hand across their heart.
One group of people who have not forgotten the true meaning of the American flag or the pride it gives us are those mysterious "flag elves" – the ones who quietly sneak through our city every third of July evening, placing small American flags in all the terraces along many of our city streets. What a beautiful sight to wake up to on the morning of our nation's birth!
I don't know who is to thank for what has become a tradition in recent years. Someone told me it was the staff of Adashun Jones Realty. But to them or whoever else is behind this wonderful gesture of giving us flag-adorned streets on the Fourth of July, I want to thank you - as one proud and grateful American to others.
Happy Birthday, America! And heartfelt thanks to all the veterans - past and present - who help keep her free!
- Cheryl Hentz
Co-host/producer, “Eye on Oshkosh”
Over the years certain Supreme Court rulings have allowed the flag to be burned or desecrated on as a form of expression and speech. While that may be a legally correct interpretation of one’s First Amendment rights, I seriously doubt it is what our forefathers intended or envisioned some 200-plus years ago. So it is always nice, and a refreshing change from some of what we see these days, to actually see people respecting the flag. I only wish there were more of it.
But some people, even with the best of intentions, tend to forget that when the flag goes by people should stand and either salute the flag, if they were in the military, or place their hand across their heart.
One group of people who have not forgotten the true meaning of the American flag or the pride it gives us are those mysterious "flag elves" – the ones who quietly sneak through our city every third of July evening, placing small American flags in all the terraces along many of our city streets. What a beautiful sight to wake up to on the morning of our nation's birth!
I don't know who is to thank for what has become a tradition in recent years. Someone told me it was the staff of Adashun Jones Realty. But to them or whoever else is behind this wonderful gesture of giving us flag-adorned streets on the Fourth of July, I want to thank you - as one proud and grateful American to others.
Happy Birthday, America! And heartfelt thanks to all the veterans - past and present - who help keep her free!
- Cheryl Hentz
Co-host/producer, “Eye on Oshkosh”
posted by Cheryl Hentz at 11:08 AM
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