Flags Aren’t Appreciated By Everyone Because They Don’t Know the Story Behind Them
This week, a teen in our area took down a NYPD blue American flag. I saw the video. I could tell she thought she was doing the right thing because she has seen these flags standing for the Blue Lives Matter Group. It was an act that was filmed for social media because the teen believed she was standing up against racism.
Here’s the sad part: the flag that was removed was for Officer Moira Smith, the only female police officer to die at the WTC on 9/11. Teens today don’t know about what happened in 2001 – they weren’t born yet. They don’t know about the Bay Ridge hero. (See here and see Moira’s daughter here) Someone in Bay Ridge should write a children’s book about Moira!
We live in America – it’s the greatest country in the world. People can rip up and burn our flags. (Yes it kills me because I like flags). But here’s what I know – good people will put up a new flag soon because we all know what it stands for and ** you are the reason that we live here. **
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Hugs,
marlene
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