Thoughts on a Flag

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There has been a whole lot of yelling lately about the flag that is flown so proudly in the South even after all these years. I confess that as a Kentucky boy born and raised, to this day I have a love and affection for that flag.

It was an integral part of my youth. Many of our neighbors in the working class neighborhood that I came of age in hung it on cheap dollar store aluminum flag poles every day. But don’t let the cheapness of the poles fool you – they held that flag dear.

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