deliriouslove1970. The life & times of Gary and Denise Flanders. (Free and worth every penny. If you would like to compliment the editor, send to garytheflan@deliriouslove1970.com. If you would like to complain, call your mother.)

World War Two was 85 years ago. That historical event is documented with a plethora of photos and films. Even with the visuals, it seems like an awfully long time ago. We lose a precious perspective if we forget historic realities were…personal. They really happened and people lived and died through them. I have come…

In my vast collection of flags, this is the perfect flag. The North American Vexillological Association ranks it as number 1 in the USA. The state flag of New Mexico. (In Navajo: Yooto’ Hahoodzo) New Mexico was founded in 1610, long before the US. It is a mountain state that is part of the area…

The Detroit Rise Flag. People are putting thought into the symbols that represent their cities, states, nation. More than before there is movement in making sure what we put forth to the world to say, ‘This is who we are,’ accurately portrays us. A vital, exciting place to live should have a good flag. Detroit…

The Canadian Indigenous Flag. [gelgapota]. The designer, Mulidzas, (Curtis Wilson), of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation near Campbell River, called his now famous creation in 2005 “standing together in support of each other.” The flag with swimming salmon on the sides and orca inside a maple leaf is significant in the wake of discoveries…

How would you visualize Tolerance? Using photographs which ones would you use. Most of us have hundreds of photos on our phone. Here are a selection from my iCloud demonstrating Tolerance. I could keep going but I will stop there. We are in this thing together. Tolerance leading to love will get us through. How…

The African American Heritage Flag. Designed by African American artist David Hammons in 1990. Today is a National holiday to commemorate Juneteenth. I continue to learn about the history of fellow Americans. A history that is not taught in our schools, but a history that must be understood and reconciled before we can expect to…

The flag commentating Juneteenth. Also known as ‘Freedom Day’; ‘Jubilee Day’; ‘Liberation Day’ and ‘Emancipation Day.’ It is the longest running African American Holiday in the country. It has gained the title “America’s Second Independence Day. Two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and some time after the Civil War…

Juneteenth flag creator Ben Haith shares the backstory and inspiration for his design. — Read on www.vox.com/the-highlight/23150078/the-juneteenth-flag-explained

When we lived inMetro Detroit we discovered the most exciting sports team in the ‘Motor City’. The Detroit City Football Club (DCFC). DCFC is part of the Independent Soccer League and is old fashioned, European style ‘football’ (Soccer to us Americans.) The stadium, Kenworth field in Hamtramck, is a traditional wooden stands, real grass, raucous…

An excellent example of the process of flag redesign: ‘The Peoples Milwaukee Flag’. Individuals decided that the flag of the city of Milwaukee needed a radical ‘do-over’. They went about designing a modern good flag for the city. In 1954 the city adopted the city flag. They threw everything they could think of onto a…