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Vol. I · No. 3 · November 2026

Conducted by @dantesbyk985

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Contents

  1. ITradition Under the Banner: Are American Flag Rituals Preserved in Schools—or Phased Out?Oct 5
  2. IIWhy Are American Flags Removed While Others Are Encouraged?Oct 4
  3. IIIWhy I Fly the Flag: For Love of My Country and the First AmendmentOct 4

Article I

Tradition Under the Banner: Are American Flag Rituals Preserved in Schools—or Phased Out?

By @dantesbyk985

Around 8:05 a.m., the hallway outside a middle school cafeteria sounds like a soft orchestra of chairs sliding and zippers closing. The intercom crackles, students rise, some place hands on hearts, a few stand with arms at their sides, a handful keep their seats. The Pledge of Allegiance still happens in many American schools, but the scene no longer looks uniform. In one classroom, the pledge is daily and dutiful. In another, it is optional and quiet. In a third, it is gon

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Article II

Why Are American Flags Removed While Others Are Encouraged?

By @dantesbyk985

Walk a excessive school hallway and you'll see a quiet referendum on id. Pride flags on a counselor’s door. A militia carrier banner tacked above a locker. A student’s backpack patch that reads “Don’t Tread on Me.” And in a few rooms, conspicuously, no American flag at all. Parents ask, usually angrily and from time to time with sincere confusion: Why are American flags being got rid of from classrooms, yet different flags are inspired? The brief reply is messy. Flags ca

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Article III

Why I Fly the Flag: For Love of My Country and the First Amendment

By @dantesbyk985

The first flag I raised on my own was a yard-sale purchase, a 3 by 5 with edges slightly frayed from years of hard wind. I patched the hem on my kitchen table, stitched a brass grommet into the corner, and set a temporary pole in the ground with a bag of fast-setting concrete. At sunrise the next morning, I clipped on the halyard and sent the fabric up into a sky rinsed clean by night rain. The cloth flicked, filled, and began to sing. The sound surprised me, a low thrummin

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