“We have been friends a long time. About a year ago, he started standing out here holding the flag. He called it ‘resisting the resistance.’ It is being patriotic and sharing the flag.”
“It is a pro-America demonstration.”
“No one has shot at us yet. I take that back, one guy shot us the bird one time.”
“There are people out there who think the flag should go underground and be walked on. We come out here for about an hour a day, three to five days a week, in good weather.”
“If we see someone wave or honk, I raise the flag. If someone salutes, I know that they are a military person and raise the flag.”
“Eighty percent of the people passing by ignore us. We are in front of Government Plaza and sometimes politicians come out and talk with us. Some people stop because they are curious or understand what we are doing and appreciate it.”
“I volunteer at the Red Cross every morning at 7:00 to work the switchboard and make coffee. I have a granddaughter, a grandson, three children and three cats that lived in New Bern, North Carolina and came here before the hurricane. They lost everything and I will probably have all of them for many years. Life is changing with all of those people in our house but we are building our lives to the best of our ability.”
USA USA USA
Thank you for standing up & standing out for our wonderful country and for those who have fought so hard to keep us free!
Standing up for our country is easy. It’s dealing with the truth of how many don’t that’s hard. Same for serving in the military. There were many, many days when it wasn’t fun, but looking back on it, it was an honor do serve, and I wouldn’t trade a day. Well, maybe a few days out of 22 years, but only a few. Thanks for your appreciation. We’d all do it without, but having it is truly precious.
Thank you, gentlemen for what you do! In Liberty!