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Yesterday was Flag Day. Did you notice? Neither did we--until this morning. Here are some of your resonses to the question "why is every day Flag Day in some parts of America?"

How about "Welcome Home Troops"? "Support Our Troops" sounds like an admonishment? Who is the audience?
-NS

Regarding the flags on car dealers car lots, i think it is somewhat similar to what we used to have in india: There, the "dirtier" the politician, the whiter the clothes that they would wear. I think that the dealers who have bigger flags are the ones who I would trust less to give me a fair deal (tho' car dealers and fair deals usually never go hand-in-hand).
-VP

I have dedicted my life to uniformed, public service to this country and city. The flag is redundant for me. My neighbors and I know what country we live in, and the values we hold and the way we treat each other says more about our patriotism than any symbol we can display.

As for a magnet about supporting our troops, it's too often the case that the magnet is the sole support they are giving. Supporting our troops means at lot more than that, and if people gave actual support, displaying the magnet, like the flag, is simply redundant. On top of that, you can't sport the magnet these days without implying that you support the policy that put our troops there.
-BDB

There are various theories that seek to account for this, but it is generally agreed that no other industrialized democracy is so flag possessed as America. Visitors to the U.S. such as my in-laws who were here last summer from France, are astonished to see American flags flying everywhere. It's uniquely American — it just isn't done in other countries.
-SM

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