On Memorial Day, 2010, I drove past all 700+ homes in Lake Forest and found that only 65 (9%) were flying an American Flag. I was a Marine Lieutenant in combat in Viet Nam. Barbara and I had two children at the time. She and I share a deep love of our country. Barbara and I decided to do something about the lack of flags to honor those men and women who have served our country.
We live in an amazing country and we can never forget it for a second. Our Republic is just an idea. We shouldn't expect that our way of life will continue forever. We have to review our system and refresh our patriotism constantly because there are many who wish to have their government, or religion be the dominant one. Therefore, the simple act of flying flags on a few holidays becomes very important. The flag reminds us of who we are!
We applied to the Lake Forest HOA to allow us to install over 150 flags in the common areas (street medians) during Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, and Veterans Day. The Board of Directors unanimously approved our application. We have purchased 200 flags on 30" sticks. It cost us $230.00, and will take about three hours of our time during each holiday. They will go up on July 3, and be taken down July 5.
We will paint the bottom 2" of the sticks with blue paint. If anyone reading this sees a new Amerian flag with blue paint at their home, please return it to us.
A future Blog entry will let you know what happened.
Dick and Barbara Stier
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