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    THE JAG FILE

    Jun 05, 2020 6 minutes
    With John Adams-Graf

    RESPECT FOR OUR FLAG

    “We are going to report you, Mr. Graf,” a group of teenagers declared as they entered our grocery store. They went on to exclaim, “You have a Communist flag out front!”

    The year was 1976. In a flurry of patriotism, my Dad had purchased a “Bennington” style US flag. Those kids didn’t recognize it and had jumped to some pretty deep conclusions.

    “Let me give you a little history lesson,” Dad answered as he pulled out a small chart detailing American flags through history. He went on to show them a progression of flags until they came to the “Spirit of 76” or “Bennington” flag.

    “Hey!” one of the boys interjected. “That’s your Commie flag!”

    Dad smiled before taking a deep breath to explain that the flag was a representation of one passed down through President Millard Fillmore’s family. Oral history suggested it had been carried at the Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War ( not .

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