“In 1891, Daniel Sharp Ford, the owner of the Youth’s Companion, hired Bellamy to work with Ford’s nephew James B. Upham in the magazine’s premium department. In 1888, the Youth’s Companion had begun a campaign to sell US flags to public schools as a premium to solicit subscriptions. For Upham and Bellamy, the flag promotion was more than merely a business move; under their influence, the Youth’s Companion became a fervent supporter of the schoolhouse flag movement, which aimed to place a flag above every school in the nation. Four years later, by 1892, the magazine had sold US flags to approximately 26,000 schools. By this time the market was slowing for flags but was not yet saturated.”
b/c they can’t go burning the flag every time a kid fucks up but they can’t bring themselves to totally abandon a ritual that has become a superstition
That is “flag law” but you also aren’t allowed to display the flag on a T-shirts, in any disrespectful manner, or a fuckin pick up truck and yet. here we are…
From my outside perspective, it’s the pledge of allegiance.
Do you really have your kids stand up every morning and swear an oath to your flag? That’s some real cult shit.
Don’t forget public meetings, as grown-ass adults.
And then berate them for thinking that the ideals espoused in that pledge are real in any way.
Nothing could be more American than that pledge: it was something that was first propagated by a flag company that was trying to sell more flags.
Don’t forget the accompanying salute
“In 1891, Daniel Sharp Ford, the owner of the Youth’s Companion, hired Bellamy to work with Ford’s nephew James B. Upham in the magazine’s premium department. In 1888, the Youth’s Companion had begun a campaign to sell US flags to public schools as a premium to solicit subscriptions. For Upham and Bellamy, the flag promotion was more than merely a business move; under their influence, the Youth’s Companion became a fervent supporter of the schoolhouse flag movement, which aimed to place a flag above every school in the nation. Four years later, by 1892, the magazine had sold US flags to approximately 26,000 schools. By this time the market was slowing for flags but was not yet saturated.”
I had a teacher in elementary school that taught us that when a flag falls on the floor, you’re supposed to kiss it.
Yes, seriously.
It was just part of the normal flag-worship we were
taughtbrainwashed with.b/c they can’t go burning the flag every time a kid fucks up but they can’t bring themselves to totally abandon a ritual that has become a superstition
I was taught that if a flag falls on the floor you are supposed to burn it.
That is “flag law” but you also aren’t allowed to display the flag on a T-shirts, in any disrespectful manner, or a fuckin pick up truck and yet. here we are…
Let’s not even get into flag shorts and bikinis.
Hey! There’s nothing more patriotic than making people horny for America