Word: flag
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...American." But the Daughters of the American Revolution were alarmed. Their president general, Mrs. James B. Patton in Washington, declared that the U.N. flag should be displayed only at U.N. meetings, and never above, or in equal prominence with, Old Glory. Ex-Marine Charles C. Rails, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, also viewed Agriculture's efforts darkly. "Could there be more significance in this effort to 'sell' the U.N. flag as a symbol to supersede the American flag?" he demanded...
...Angeles, a clutch of angry, elderly demonstrators stormed a U.N. flag-raising ceremony. They chanted "U.N. is un-American," wagged U.S. flags in the faces of sheepish councilmen. The Chicago Tribune discovered a lady sewing on a U.N. flag, and the anti-U.N. fervor swept Tribune-land. Illinois V.F.W. and American Legion posts passed resolutions. The Aurora city council banned the U.N. flag from public buildings because "Russian Communists remain in the United Nations." In Highland Park, the local D.A.R. insisted that the U.N. flag come down. It did. The Parent-Teacher Association insisted it go back up. Town...
...Confusion. In Groton, Conn., the town's board of selectmen refused to accept a U.N. flag from the local League of Women Voters because of "the general objection of the American Legion." Retorted the local V.F.W. commander: "If U.S. troops in Korea have no objection to fighting under both flags, I see no reason for objections at home...
...South felt it no problem. Said Atlanta's Mayor William B. Hartsfield: "We have not run into any confusion because we are familiar with correct flag protocol. We fly the Confederate flag on a separate pole on Confederate Memorial Day, and we'll fly the U.N. flag the same...
...intersection we slowed down to pass a sandbag barricade. The crowds lining the street surged out around us, offered us sesame cookies and handshakes. Farther down the street a South Korean cavalryman put his horse through a victory prance while he waved his rifle aloft, a Communist battle flag impaled on his bayonet...