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By Ken Abramowitz, Edited by Jon Sutz
See the sources for this article and more research in the Additional Reading section.
Americans should be very proud and honored to stand for the American flag whenever and wherever it is flown.
In the past several years, however, domestic leftist America-haters have made standing for “Old Glory” controversial, advancing the claims that our nation is not only not perfect, it is “systematically racist,” and suffers from “whiteness,” even though ours is the best “melting pot” in the world. Further, as was affirmed in a shocking decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, our taxpayer-funded schools have the legitimate power to ban the display of the American flag, so as to not “offend” other students — a policy with which many college professors agree.
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Still, the growing radical leftist movement prefers to demonstrate its disapproval of America, by kneeling before the flag,
Here are ten reasons why every American should be proud of our flag:
(1) America was discovered by the very courageous explorer Christopher Columbus, in 1492. He was followed by British explorers in 1584, 1607, and 1620, though most could not survive even one winter. Yet 200 years later, after the Louisiana purchase, explorers Lewis and Clark were commissioned to explore the lands from St. Louis to now Washington state in 1803-1806.
(2) The 54 signers of the America’s Declaration of Independence risked their lives and possessions, in 1776, to assert this nation’s sovereignty, and end its affiliation with Great Britain, the superpower of the day. Close to 25,000 American militia and soldiers died to gain our independence.
(3) The 13 colonies came together to merge, through compromise in 1776, for their 2.5 million citizens. The U.S. Constitution was then ratified in 1787, after heated but compromising discussions, followed by the Bill of Rights in 1788.
(4) Francis Scott Key wrote the soaring words of his poem, “Defense of Fort M’Henry,” in 1814, while observing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, during the War of 1812. Those words became “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and gained popularity when a Congressional resolution in 1931 made it the official national anthem, signed by Republican President Herbert Hoover.
(5) The unanswered question of slavery was resolved in the Civil War of 1861-1865 when President Lincoln (founder of the Republican Party) directed the Northern victory over the Confederate south. Republican efforts to include liberated black Americans in our civil rights structure were opposed by Democrat Jim Crow laws, the Democrat-created KKK, and other Democrat-dominated groups, which lasted 100 years, until 1965.
(6) Over 100,000 American soldiers died to save Europeans from killing each other in World War 1. Another 400,000 American soldiers were killed in World War 2, which saved Western civilization, for us.
(7) America defeated the totalitarian dictatorships of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations in the Cold War of 1946-1989, thereby freeing hundreds of millions of citizens in Eastern Europe, and partially freeing 150 million Russians.
(8) America is the only nation in the world that can protect free peoples from domination by socialist tyrannies in China and Russia, who constitute the Red Axis, and Muslim supremacists (Islamists), who constitute the Green Axis, led by Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.
(9) America is the land of opportunity, which has created the largest innovation system in the history of the world, employing 150 million people. In only 250 years, led by America, the average lifespan has risen from 30 to nearly 80, by curing or controlling virtually every major disease — as we will soon do, re COVID-19.
(10) Because those who stand by the American flag are standing against the demands of the evil “cancel culture,” racists of all stripes, and the so-called “Progressives” — who are actually regressive. Those who stand for our flag stand for the rule of law, for equal protection under the law, for equal opportunity, for freedom of speech (versus political correctness), freedom of religion, and for minority rights.
For these and many other reasons, we proudly stand for the American flag.
Supreme Court turns down American flag ban case – National Constitution Center
South Carolina high school bans American flags from football game – CBSSports.com
Tennessee school district bans American flags on campus – AOL News
High School Bans American Flags To Be ‘Inclusive.’ It Didn’t Go Over Well. | Daily Wire
Defence of Fort M’Henry by Francis Scott Key – Poetry Foundation
The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem
The Democrats’ Own History With Race – RealClearPolitics
Democratic Party’s Racist History – National Review
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An excellent piece and I wholeheartedly agree. One small point–Lincoln did not found the Republican Party. The party ran its first candidate for president in 1856, with a Mexican War hero as candidate. Lincoln was a whig and joined the Republican Party later when the Whig Party disintegrated over the slavery issue.
thanks!
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