18 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | JUNE 2024
By Clare Mendez, Resident
I was recently taking a walk around our community and was pleasantly
surprised regarding the amount of homes flying our American Flag. "It
is not only a beautiful sight to see, it also shows our love of our country."
e flag was adopted a little more than a year aer the Declaration
of Independence was signed. e Second Continental Congress passed
a resolution that "the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be represented by
thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation."
When flying your flag constantly, it should be illuminated at night.
If it is hanging opposite your only carriage light on the garage, perhaps
consider planting a solar light in the ground below it to shine at night.
If possible, it should also be taken down during inclement weather
and it should not touch the ground, and if it becomes tatty you should
replace it. e Department of Defense says you can either burn your
flag or bury it in a dignified manor (ceremoniously and with a moment
of silence), or you can bring your tattered flag to the American Legion,
VFWs, and Girl Scouts or Scouting America for retirement.
Flying the
American Flag
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Submitted by Linda Weiss, Resident
Combat medic Desmond Doss
ran into desperately dangerous
conditions to rescue 75 injured
men during the Battle of
Okinawa. His unflinching
kindness to those suffering
earned him e Medal of
Honor – the only one awarded
to a conscientious objector. e
film Hacksaw Ridge was made
about his life and his example
demonstrates why personal
convictions are no barrier to
extraordinary acts of kindness.
"You cannot do a kindness too
soon because you never know
how soon it will be too late."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DESMOND DOSS – A PACIFIST
WHO WENT TO WAR
