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John Hartvigsen- Why Do We Fly Flags? Probably the earliest use of flags was to rally the troops in war. ...
Colonial Flag Foundation Programs Attract Great People
Since Healing Field® and Field of Honor® events encompass massive displays of the Stars and Stripes, the casual observer may...
Half Staff Origins
Many of you may have noticed that the flags have been flown at half-staff in the last week or so,...
American Flag History
Nothing seems to invoke feelings of freedom and patriotism for American citizens as much as the red white and blue....
Politics
My wife and I have been talking about politics lately. This may sound like a simplistic statement, but if you...
Retiring His Colors
There’s a path that leads from our backyard to the property of an older gentleman. There’s no fence dividing our...
Unlikely Friends
It’s football season. I can smell it in the air. There’s a dairy farm not far from my house that...
Back To School
After a couple years of floating around, not sure of what I really want to do with my life, I’ve...
Annual 9-11 Healing Field® Flag Display and Dedication Ceremony
Colonial Flag is excited to sponsor the 11th Annual Healing Field® Flag Display in tribute to those men, women and...
The First Flag
Ever wonder, while hoisting your flag up the flagpole, what the oldest flag in the world is? I did, but...
Signal Flags
Colonial Flag is happy to be one of the largest providers of American flags and flag poles in America, but...
Family Reunion
For the first time in my life, my dad’s side of the family came to Utah. Since my parents moved...
Flag Etiquette
While growing up we only knew one thing about caring for a flag and that was that we should never...
Love What It Means; Love How It’s Made
Take every opportunity to fly a flag. At Colonial Flag we specialize in custom flags and flag poles. If you...
Bigger Flags and Patriotism
As we get closer and closer to the Olympics and coverage of the US athletes dominates more and more of...
Better Than the Bears
While in high school we students can get very defensive of our mascots. Mascots are often a group of people...
Lessons Learned From Movies
Just like most families, my family has a long list of Christmas traditions that are fulfilled on very specific days...
Game Day
When I was growing up, my family always had season tickets to BYU football games. Autumn Saturdays were often spent...
Jackson Hole, WY
They say that all businesses fail within the first year. And by “they” I mean all the people who want...
Plans For the 4th
Every year for the 4th of July my whole family gathers in Mt. Pleasant, UT. Those guys know how to...
A Higher Standard
I was recently asked to be one of the leaders of a Cub Scout troop. This took me by surprise...
Kids These Days
While at a family dinner the other night, after the children had excused themselves for this reason or that, my...
It All Happens At The Flagpole
“I’ll meet you at the flag pole.” These were the infamous words associated with every fight at my elementary school;...
School Spirit
The Beach Boys said to “be true to your school”, but if there was one thing I lacked during any...
Skull and Bones
Of all the flags or symbols I can think of, one stands alone as the most recognizable and the most...