From the August 2017 Vexilloid Tabloid #65 By Michael Orelove About two years ago I wrote a  letter to the Chicago Fire Department requesting an old Chicago flag that had flown over a fire station.  I just received the flag. It flew over Engine 83 which was 2.6 miles from where I used to live […]

From the August 2017 Vexilloid Tabloid #65 As the recent 4th-of-July-weekend Blues Festival began, Portlanders continued their tradition of protest, often using flags.  At times that involved burning them. The right-wing group Patriot Prayer planned a two-hour “Freedom March” at Tom McCall Waterfront Park with “a small amount of speeches to promote freedom   and courage”.  […]