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    CAN I STILL BE A PATRIOT?

    Nov 30, 2023 2 minutes

    I’M THINKING ABOUT GETTING AN AMERICAN flag. It should be an easy choice: A flag would be a handsome, charming addition to my home, an 1860s farmhouse in a one-stoplight village. And it makes sense: I’m a presidential historian. My career is an expression of my patriotism. Raising a flag in front of a house financed by my books about presidents would be another.

    That’s if I get a flag.

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