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perisher · 05-25-07, 10:41 PM

I have never understood this American thing about not letting the flag touch the ground and burning it if it gets dirty. Why can't you wash it?

I'm being serious, I was a signalman in the Royal Navy and I spent a lot of time washing dirty flags. I just can't see what is so bad about it touching the ground.

In Britain, Colours are lowerd to the ground as a salute to the Monarch, and, as Army Regimental Colours cost a fortune, because of all the gold thread, burning is too expensive an option.

05-25-07, 10:41 PM	#45
perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I have never understood this American thing about not letting the flag touch the ground and burning it if it gets dirty. Why can't you wash it? I'm being serious, I was a signalman in the Royal Navy and I spent a lot of time washing dirty flags. I just can't see what is so bad about it touching the ground. In Britain, Colours are lowerd to the ground as a salute to the Monarch, and, as Army Regimental Colours cost a fortune, because of all the gold thread, burning is too expensive an option. __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)