Hi Friends, Thought I'd pass on some of this trivia. Sorry I have been so quiet. We have been on 7/12's for 2 weeks and will continue until the end of July. Semper Fi, Mary Ann Robert Peary cut the American Flag into pieces and left the pieces scatttered at the Norh Pole. It is approiate to fly the flag upside down, BUT ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY. It means " HELP ME, I AM IN TROUBLE !!" Flags are used until they are worn out and then they are destroyed, preferably by burning. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to " The Star - Spangled Banner " on the back of an envelope. The music is from an old English drinking song called " TO ANACREON IN HEAVEN " . A vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags ... " Shipwreck " Kelly ( 1885-1952 ) set the flafpole -sitting record . He sat 49 days on one flagpole.He once estimated that he spent a total of over 20,000 hours sitting on flagpoles . Flagpole sitting was a craze started in Baltimore, Maryland in 1929 .... Just a little of our Flag Trivia enjoy... Semper Fi Your Webfoot Friend, Sgt. Duck - Fred