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Tag: Flags

Arts & Culture

Two winners selected for new Rochester flag

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 25, 2018, 8:05 AM Jul 25, 2018
19 Comments

Does this scream, ‘Rochester, Minn.,’ to you? It’s the winner in the public voting to replace the city’s official flag. Read more →

Politics

Lawsuit: The flag, racism, and the kids of Edina

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 8, 2017, 6:47 AM Dec 8, 2017
255 Comments

Disrespect without accountability seems to be at the heart of a lawsuit the Young Conservatives Club of Edina High School has filed after some students refused to stand during taps at a Veteran’s Day observance at the school.
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Sports

After saluting vets, football fans throw flag down with the trash

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 10, 2017, 9:12 AM Nov 10, 2017
12 Comments

The Green Bay Packers paid tribute to veterans during their game on Monday night, giving away American flags to everyone streaming into the stadium.

Many of the flags ended up on the ground. Read more →

This or That

This is how you disrespect the flag

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2017, 5:25 PM Nov 5, 2017
43 Comments

Athletes could better show their patriotism by taking 5 minutes to learn how not to treat it when you win a marathon. Read more →

Education

Attempt to ban Confederate flag display creates American flag controversy in Cold Spring

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2017, 1:27 PM Sep 6, 2017
20 Comments

Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minn., is banning the display of flags on vehicles of kids who drive to school starting on Monday. Read more →

Education · Politics

After election protest, college restores the American flag’s place

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2016, 6:37 AM Dec 2, 2016
69 Comments

Hampshire College is putting the American flag back on the flag pole. The school in western Massachusetts pulled it down three weeks ago after it was set on fire in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. “I’ve received many e-mails, a lot of them extremely unpleasant,” Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash said. You Read more →

People doing good

Thieves steal flags from vets, so cops buy new ones

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2016, 6:36 AM May 13, 2016
2 Comments

‘We have no idea why someone would do such a horrible thing, but we couldn’t let these wonderful people who served our country go without their flags,’ said Kenyon police chief Lee Sjolander. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Is Minneapolis’ city flag the nation’s ugliest?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 3, 2015, 8:30 AM Sep 3, 2015
31 Comments

People in Chicago love their city’s flag. It’s everywhere. Where’s the love for yours, Minneapolis? Read more →

Regional history

Is it time to ditch the Minnesota flag?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2015, 6:44 AM Jul 2, 2015
109 Comments

I was wondering whether a long simmering Minnesota controversy would reignite in the wake of the focus on the Confederate flag. It happened today. Read more →

In flag flap, a pass for St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 4:40 PM Feb 18, 2015
5 Comments

Based on a letter to the Pioneer Press today, I was expecting a lot worse on Saint Paul’s Wabasha bridge when checked out the American flags on it today.
Read more →

Sports

Hey, Mr. President, where’s that cool Stars and Stripes blazer we gave you?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2014, 4:04 PM Mar 26, 2014
2 Comments

The Boston Red Sox are about to make a huge fashion mistake, but there’s probably no stopping them. Player Jonny Gomes saw this jacket and liked it so much he bought one for every member of the Red Sox team that’s going to go to the White House on Tuesday, and apparently his teammates either (a) Read more →

Patriotism via flag desecration

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2013, 5:12 PM Jul 3, 2013
27 Comments

On the Fourth of July, and many other times of the year, people love the flag. And they prove it by not loving it, or at least not enough to respect it under the U.S. Flag Code, which is a pretty simple document that explains proper respect for the nation’s icon. Every year around this Read more →

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