23 August 2026

Flag Day 1960

On 14 June 1960 I was in downtown Quincy Washington.

Downtown was a not very obvious little jog of a street left off the highway.

"What is that noise - that incessant flapping"?

It was a recurring array of clusters of American flags that were mounted on - I don't remember mounted on what; I just remember the flags, and the incessant flapping.

That's what happens when flags mesh with the ever-present CORIBA Plateau Wind.

"Oh yeah; June 14 is flag day; sure are a lot of 'em; and noisy".

I was 17 years old.

If I had known the flag day was trump's birthday, I might not have made 18.

It took me 66 years to realize that.

Time is so slippery.


No comments:

Post a Comment