Puzzle Description:

*Flag*Pole -hehehe =)

#1: Naomi Millar (sailormewtwo) on May 1, 2007 [SPOILER]

I think this is the easiest US Flag puzzle so far :)

I see the flag, but where's the pole part? ;-)

I know that star are tought but that way to easy

but still a nice old glory

Thanks, I couldn't find any other way to make them, except by making it bigger, and that made it take too long to load...

Dude, don't we have 50 states? I think that the white space representing a star was a good call both visually and in terms of space management. Good job on the number of stripes!
It may be a simple flag but I think its handsome.

As a kid I was fascinated by the evolution of US flag. The 13 colonies flag, the Don't Tread on Me design.
Did you know that Girl Scouts (USA) are no longer allowed to retire a flag? Sometime in the mid to late 1980's a law was enacted to allow only 2 non military organizations to retire an American flag, the VFW and the Boy Scouts. That apple pie irritates me :-P
Thanks for the puzzle Jay!

Easy to start guessing without looking at the clues on this one... nice graphic, though.

No Patricia, we have 30 states ;). Thanks for the info. It doesn't make any sense that the Girl Scouts can't retire a flag...

But on a different note, maybe the Boy Scouts were supposed to be some preparation for the military? It's possible... Teaching them basics to survive on "Camp outs" and "Retreats".... hehehe, my life seems much more exciting now =)

Thank you Jay! I like you already!
Yes I agree about Boy Scouts. I was told by a regional director that they were a paramilitary organization. I attended a Boys Scout Flag Retirement ceremony some 20 years ago. I was either bold and brazen or the only Mom stupid enough to attend. They were gracious and respectful of me.

May I ask you what makes your life much more exciting now (then it used to be)?

Very cool!^>^

heh... didn't know that about who can retire a flag... now I'll have to join the VFW so I can say I've been a part of all three..

good use of the white space, though I don't think the hint was too needed! I guessed it was a flag after about a second, then the US Flag a moment before I started to solve it!

Uh Ben? I get the VFW and the Boy Scout connections. What was your third again? Just curious... ;-)

What does VFW stand for?

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Thanks for the info. That clears that up.

Now the question is why can boy scouts retire the flag but girl scouts can't?

Girl scouts can and do retire flags.

I believe anyone can do it, if they do it with some kind of reasonably respectful ceremony. Suggested ceremonies are described in both the boy scout and girl scout handbooks. Some troops and most veteran's organizations will accept flag for retirement.

No, not everyone can do it - only Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and VFW. I'm a Brownie leader and that's one of the things we're required to teach for one of our badges.

http://members.aol.com/StanDCmr/flagret.html

This page tries to set the record straight, and cites the federal law that relates to flag disposal. It says anyone can do it.

http://www.charityadvantage.com/flagkeepers/FlagRules.asp

This site quotes the complete federal code on care and display of the flag. Section 176(k) is the part on disposal. It says "The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning". That is the full extent of the federal law on the subject of flag disposal. There is no list of organizations that can do it. Various procedures have been worked out for such dignified proceedings, and doing it in some traditional manner instead of in some way you just made up certainly adds to the dignity, but none of those customs are necessarily required by law.

I'm just basing this on some web searches (and some common sense), but if there were a law someplace that listed who can dispose of flags, then I think someone would cite it somewhere, but I can't find that.

And as far as the puzzle is concerned ...

I used "save logic" to fill in the white spaces. Didn't need to use them along the way to help solve the puzzle. Usually I'll do the blank lines first.

I remember learning how to fold a flag properly, when I was a Brownie :)

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