Roach: Stars and stripes
This Fourth of July was different. I had been mulling over the notion of adding another banner to accompany the Stars and Stripes to add context to Old Glory.
July 26, 2021 6:00 PM
John Roach
Updated:
Courtesy of Getty
Up on the lake, on the Fourth of July, it is our custom to get the big American flag out from our closet and hang it from the deck railing some 12 feet in the air.
It looks splendid and proud.
When I first did this many summers ago, I measured the railing so that our nation’s banner would be perfectly centered.