Tag: American Flag

Americans Celebrate 4th of July, Post-COVID Quarantine

July 4, 2021

On July 4, 1776, delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson, who became the third President of the United States of America. And that is why we celebrate the 4th of July as Independence Day. The 4th of July became a federal holiday and a sense of identity … More Americans Celebrate 4th of July, Post-COVID Quarantine

American Pride, Veteran Honor

July 24, 2013

“I am 62 or 63 years old, not sure exactly,” he told me after I exchanged $1 for one of the American flags he was selling in downtown San Francisco. Standing up on the corner, with one of those plastic little tubes on his nose, from what appeared to be a little oxygen tank that … More American Pride, Veteran Honor