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Vexilloid Tabloid Portland Flag Association 1 ISSN 2474-1787 Portland Flag Association “Free, and Worth Every Penny!” Issue 83 August 2020 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Mississippi’s Flag Comes Down Mississippi’s Flag Comes Down 1 An event that seemed inevitable July 2020 Flutterings 2 yet impossible: in late June the Tending Veterans’ Grave Flags 5 1894 state flag of Mississippi bear- Flag Patches Find Many Uses 6 ing the Confederate Battle Flag 8 Flags on the Alaska Highway was lowered into history. Lima ≠ Quarantine 8 Flags for Kathleen 9 As discussed twice in this space 10 Roundup (“Mississippi Furling”—VT #72, The Flag Quiz 11 Mississippi (1894–2020). VT #57), the state’s flag has faced Portland Flag Miscellany 12 Next Meeting 12 pressure since the 1980s, increasing since the 2015 Charleston shoot- The Mississippi legislature acted www.portlandflag.org ings. The nationwide Black Lives quickly, balancing conflicting posi- Matter protests which erupted this tions. With only one vote to spare May, however, formed the tipping the Senate approved legislation point against all public display of that lowered the current flag in the Confederate Battle Flag, which June, established a commission to by extension included Mississippi’s choose a new design in September, state flag. and scheduled a public referendum in November to adopt that design. Spurred by NASCAR, then student athletes, then sports organizations Not surprisingly (they are success- (the Southeastern Conference and ful politicians for a reason), the law NCAA), in just the month of June requires that the new flag contain public sentiment turned against the the words “In God We Trust”. flag. Finally God and Mammon The state’s messaging about design (the Baptists and Walmart) joined principles for the new flag repeats in opposition. those from “Good” Flag, “Bad” Flag, but omits the fourth principle— Polling showed the reversal—last “No Lettering or Seals”. year 54% of Mississippians wanted to keep the flag; this year 55% Understanding that flag design If Mississippi is going to be a state wanted change. Importantly, 72% must reflect political constraints, that unifies all of its citizens, we of likely voters favored a new flag we wish Mississippi the best as it must take a stand to eliminate this bitter hatred and get rid of this flag. if it said “In God We Trust”. seeks a new flag. —Robert James, president, If you wish to compliment the editor, or to contribute in the future, contact Ted Kaye NAACP Mississippi State Conference at 503-223-4660 or [email protected]. If you wish to complain, call your mother. 2 The Vexilloid Tabloid July 2020 Flutterings You Need to Know In our July meeting, held on the Zoom virtual platform because of the COVID-19 shutdown, 10 PFA members (and some family partici- pants) enjoyed three hours of flags and video conversation. Ted Kaye hosted, since the meet- ing had been originally planned for his home. Michael Orelove mentioned the early-July flag-flying days in Cana- da and the U.S. and described the Flag Day presentation he and Ken Dale made at the Bateman Carroll Matt Bray unfurls a large flag of Tonga, acquired in a visit there. Funeral Home in Gresham. He then showed his hat collection. Scott Mainwaring gives highlights from his “American Thin Blue Line” talk, the Driver Award winner at NAVA 54 the previous month. Matt Bray gave a short talk on the Scott Mainwaring offered a sum- history of the Tongan flag, noting mary of his presentation on the Michael Orelove arrrs like a pirate in that the country’s constitutions American Thin Blue Line Flag, his tricorn hat. forbids changes to it. His sons, which won the Driver Award at Hayden and Parker, showed a the recent virtual NAVA 54 meet- pirate flag they’d created earlier ing. It introduced the concept of that day in homeschool activities. a flag as a “meme”, an “idea, be- havior, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture”. Ken Dale described how he is reconditioning the grave flags from Lincoln Memorial Cemetery on Mt. Scott, cleaning and ironing Hayden Bray explains the symbols on Matt Bray describes the seal of 4,000 flags that decorate the graves his new pirate flag. the Kingdom of Tonga. of veterans (see p. 5). August 2020 Portland Flag Association 3 The participants in the meeting enjoy the company of like-minded vexos. J William Gifford describes the many ways customers use flag patches. William Gifford shared images sent Max Liberman enumerates flags bearing the word “God”. by customers showing the myriad ways his company’s patches are used (see pp. 6–7). Max Liberman, flying an Australian flag in honor of Constitution Day, Joyce Gifford reflected on the responded to the Mississippi law’s recent lowering of the Mississippi requirement that the new flag bear state flag, and wondered about “In God We Trust”. He reported potentially challenging images on Joyce Gifford comments on the lowering of the Mississippi state flag. on flags with “God” on them, list- other state flags. ing countries (Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, and Domini- can Republic) and U.S. states (Georgia, South Dakota, Florida). John Niggley, backed by a gigantic hummingbird, described how he has moved into an empty office suite and marked the location of his cubicle with a U.S. flag. John Niggley bemoans his socially-distanced work environment. Continued on next page 4 The Vexilloid Tabloid David Koski explains a flag designed to “read” as horizontal stripes when hanging limp from a pole. David Koski pondered what a flag With luck, our next meeting will be would look like if designed to look hosted by Joyce and William correct when hanging limp, show- Gifford on 10 September at the ing one such design. He shared Oregon City Library. Otherwise, John Niggley never misses a chance to some of his artwork featuring flags. we will again meet virtually! dress up—note the national flags as part of his Pride Month display. Ted Kaye reported on the success of NAVA 54, attended by many John Niggley then recounted his PFA members, then announced Father’s Day jaunt to Elmer’s Flag the finalists in the Salt Lake City & Banner and the flags his family flag competition, which he had had funded. He showed a flag of coached as a member of the com- Greenland he’d sewn from a Polish mittee. He shared some Latin flag, and described his role in his American flags bought in the company’s Pride Month festivities. countries they represent. Ted Kaye shows reverse of a flag of Paraguay, bought in Asunción in 1982 when Michael Orelove’s salt-shaker effigy traveling in the “Southern Cone” of South America while living in Chile. celebrates July holidays. August 2020 Portland Flag Association 5 Tending Veterans’ Grave Flags at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery flags at each grave, including those of Spanish-American War veterans. Noticing that many grave flags were quite faded, he volunteered to go through them, cull the worn ones, and rehabilitate the rest. Now that the holiday has passed, with the permission of the ceme- tery staff he has collected every flag and begun the process of cleaning and ironing them. He uses the ironing board his mother acquired U.S. flags mark the graves of veterans at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. before he was born. He swaps out flag staffs when possible. Ken Dale, a self-described “Cold War Veteran” who served in the Those flags Ken cannot salvage Strategic Air Command at the time he will help the staff replace; he of the Vietnam War, honors those will solicit a quote from Elmer’s who served in several ways. He Flag & Banner. He has volun- attends memorial services for teered to dispose of the old flags, veterans who die without known perhaps at a PFA meeting “in the family members, he joins a month- distant future”. ly group of veterans who meet in Milwaukie, and he participates in At many events, Ken has been the annual Flag Day ceremony at known to recite the Gettysburg Bateman-Carroll Funeral Home. Address from memory. In his work with the veterans’ grave This year, however, he has taken flags, he is assuring that “...we on a herculean task—recondition- here highly resolve that these in all 4,000 flags that decorate dead shall not have died in vain.” the graves of veterans at Lincoln Ken Dale places flags for Memorial Day, 2020. Memorial Cemetery on Mt. Scott. Many of them have suffered from the weather and need attention. The cemetery stands across the road from Willamette National Cemetery; veterans could be buried there prior to Willamette’s opening Some of the 4,000 flags that have been in 1951. For Memorial Day this Mom’s ironing board serves Ken well cleaned and ironed. year, Ken participated in placing in his flag rehabilitation work. 6 The Vexilloid Tabloid Flag Patches Find Many Uses smALLFLAGs.com, the longtime business run by PFA members Joyce and William Gifford, special- izes in small flag patches. Over the years, their customers have shared images of the many ways those patches have been put to use. From backpacks to coats, from hats to shoes, from yoga mats to stuffed animals, from guitar straps to dog collars, from shoulders to pants pockets—the colorful dis- plays typically mark achievement in travel. A semester at sea, an international deployment, a back- packing adventure, all can use flag patches as travel trophies. August 2020 Portland Flag Association 7 8 The Vexilloid Tabloid Flags at the End of the Alaska Highway Lima ≠ Quarantine By Michael Orelove When the Alaska Highway was From reader Rob Murray built in 1942, this is the point While my son Jonathon was VT #81’s article on ‘quarantine where the new construction was staying home during the corona- flags’ contained errors on the use physically linked to the existing virus pandemic, he was looking of the Lima and Quebec flags.
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