get your flag ready

i got this email this am but it is the anniversary today and lets take time to remember those who we have lost and those still fighting for our freedom today either those serving or the civilians who stood up to the evil that came 7 years ago todayi
i remember where i was when i first heared the news of the planes crashing into the towers do you remember and honor them and be proud to be an america lets fly our flags

debbie j

Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE
> forward this Email immediately to everyone in your address
> book asking them to also forward it. We have a little less
> than one week and counting to get the word out all across
> this great land and into every community in the United
> States of America.
>
> If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of
> those people do the same ... you get the idea.
>
> THE PROGRAM:
>
> On Thursday, September 11th, 2008, an American flag
> should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office,
> and store in the United States. Every individual should
> make it their duty to display an American flag on this
> seventh anniversary of one of our country's worst
> tragedies. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives
> on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who
> continue to endure the pain, and those who today are
> fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished
> freedoms.
>
> In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country
> was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the
> incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against
> terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared.
> Our patriotism pulled us t hro ugh some tough times and it
> shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in
> solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country
> and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds
>
>
>

My house wouldn't be home if that Flag wasn't waving free from my front porch. Though she's tattered and torn and really needs replaced, she still waves. Telling everyone that no matter how badly she's been beaten she's still strong.