Flag Season
It starts in the beginning of May, when the heat index rises above 90, when the Royal Poincianas bloom in reds and yellows, when the “dry” season in South Florida is in its dusk… We see the dawn of flag season.
Our flag is on continuous display in our foyer, between the Ten Commandments and the Ten Home Rules posters. We have it mounted on a pole, which is stuck in a pipe, which is embedded in a bucket of concrete. On Loyalty Day, May 1st, we take it outside to wave, and we carry it inside at sunset. No more than two weeks later, we carry out the same procedure for Armed Forces Day. Two weeks after that, Memorial Day. Two weeks after that, we fly it on Flag Day, June 14, which is also the birthday of every US Army soldier and veteran. Again, on Independence Day, our nation’s birthday, we let it fly in the free American breeze.
We do display it outside for other days such as Patriot Day and Presidents Day, but I do love the quick succession of display days in the early summertime. Five times in eight weeks make it memorable.
