community is their flag. Moreover‚ A flag represents the unity of a group to whomever falls under it. To many people’s surprise‚ cities have flags however the flag design for most cities tend to be inadequate to basic flag design principles‚ unlike country flags. There’s a study for flags‚ it’s called Vexillology and there happens to be a group of flag experts in the U.S and Canada by the name of the Northern American Vexillological Association to do with issues regarding inadequate flag design. Why are
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burning the flag has been protected under the First Amendment. Many attempts throughout the years have been made to overrule that decision.(Garbus Martin) In 1968‚ the Federal Flag Desecration Law was enacted. It prohibited any action of “contempt” against the flag. (Flag Burning and Desecration) Many Americans sacrifice their lives to keep our American Flag flying. Although many believe burning the American Flag is okay‚ it should be illegal. Some people believe that burning the flag as protest
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Goldfish Would You Wish ” by Etgar Keret‚ and lastly “ American Flag Stands for Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen. Barbara Johnson’s quote “we as human beings‚ must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves ties into these passages. Us humans should accept Johnson in “ Texas v Johnson” even though his expressions differ from one another. On pages 1 and 2 of page 1‚ stated “ We decline therefore‚ to create for the flag an exception to the joust of principles protected by the 1st amendment
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Cabinet on television‚ radio talk show or in the newspaper; or publicly protest against the government tax policy. However‚ Free Speech protection becomes debatable when some American citizens burn the nation’s flag to express their disagreement to the government. The act of burning the American Flag should be constitutionally protected under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause because the act is a symbolic expression that communicates an individual’s idea or opinion about his nation; and that the
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What the flag means to me it means freedom because we have people out there fighting for our freedom. It means courage to me. Because there are people taking the chance to die for our country. It means justice to me. We have a jail for all the bad people. It means war for all the bad people. And it means war for the blood for all soldiers on the flag the red. It means life for us. Because if we didn’t have people fighting for us we would all be dead or slaves. It means civilization. Because we have
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were the delegates‚ of the constitution put together a plan for a stronger federal government that would not only benefit their own time‚ but also benefit the centuries to come. There is a lack of success in passing an amendment; for example‚ banning flag burning. The history of the constitution gives us an idea of why it is relatively difficult to amend the U.S. Constitution. The plan was designed to embrace a federal system of government. Checks and balances were incorporated so that they did not
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Bolívar. The inspiration behind the flag originally came from the one used by the liberation leader‚ Francisco de Miranda from his expedition in 1806. The Venezuelan flags colors are red‚ blue‚ and yellow. The yellow stripe is on the top of the flag‚ the blue is in the middle‚ and the last stripe is red. In the middle‚ on the blue stripe there are eight white stars that form an arc. Venezuela’s shield is in the top left corner of the flag. The shield is featured on the flag of the government and military
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IS:l-1968 ( Reaffirmed 1998 ) SPECIFICATION FOR THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA (COTTON KHADI) ( Second Revision) Fourth. Reprint MAY ( Incorporating Amendment 1989 No. 1 ) / UDC 929.9(5UO):677.21.06’+ i 1 @ Copurighl 1970 BUREAU MANAK Gr 4 OF BHAVAN‚ INDIAN STANDARDS 9 BAHADUR SHAH NEW DELHI 110002 ZAFAR MAHG October 1968 IS:l-1968 Indian Standard SPECIFICATION FOR THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA (COTTON KHADI) ( Second Satinnal E‘iaF
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are never easy. The article “Lowering the Flag” by Charles Krauthammer‚ published on June 25‚ 2015 in the Washington Post‚ addresses the issue of saying goodbye to something that is a significant part of the United States. Krauthammer begins his piece with the heartbreaking massacre that took place in a Charleston church then writes about how gun control has not made any improvement and finally moves into expressing that many want the Confederate flag to be removed. Krauthammer’s article is effective
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Collegiate Dictionary defines patriotism as love for or devotion to ones country. However‚ the word patriotism strikes lots of mixed emotions all over the United States. Some people describe themselves as involved patriots because they fly their American flag outside in their yards‚ when others see the word patriotism as disgusting‚ the seed of racism. Patriotism to me‚ along with many others‚ means of course to have love for our homeland‚ our country‚ to support‚ serve and defend‚ to be inspired by‚ to
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