FLAG—U.S.

Addresses

American Legion State Convention: Representative Skelton, 14910 [17JY]

New River, TN, Flag Raising Ceremony: Willard Keen, 14481 [12JY]

Patriotism: Woodrow Wilson, 7451 [25AP]

Star Spangled Banner: Ray Willas, 13957 [29JN]

We, the People: Representative Sangmeister, 14004 [29JN]

Amendments

Desecration: prohibit (H.R. 2978), 23151, 23157, 23166, 23170, 23186 [4OC], 23598 [5OC]

Articles and editorials

Amendment Is Worse—Burning Flag a Bad Idea, 14081 [11JY]

As National Symbol Flag Deserves Respect, 14721 [14JY]

Bill Alexander Keeps in Touch, 14486 [12JY]

Cop for All Seasons, 11824 [14JN]

Dishonorable Action, 27820 [7NO]

Don't Even Ignore Them, 28941 [14NO]

Far Out With the First Amendment, 13815 [28JN]

Flag Burning Decision Nothing but Treason, 15083 [18JY]

Flag Protection Proposal Draws Delegates' Unanimous Approval, 24580 [13OC]

Flag Represents Everything, 15961 [24JY]

Flag Will Survive, 15025 [18JY]

Flag-Burning and Executions, 14080 [11JY]

Flag-Burning Free Speech?, 14700 [13JY]

Fly Old Glory on July 21 To Protest Recent Court Ruling, 14765 [14JY]

Freedom's Fourth, Forever, 14080 [11JY]

Judge Finds Flag Law Unconstitutional, 27169 [3NO]

My Father Fought for His Country, Integrity of Flag, 13876 [28JN]

No Reason Exists To Tinker With the Constitution, 14079 [11JY]

Other Flames To Fan, 14080 [11JY]

Outlaw Flag Burning, 13988 [29JN]

Political Flag-Waving, 25311 [19OC]

Prohibiting the Desecration of the U.S. Flag, 14485 [12JY]

Rights, Responsibilities and the Flag, 23124 [4OC]

Senate Panel Hears Legion on Flag Amendment, 24580 [13OC]

Sergeant Krupke Learns About the Flag, 23998 [10OC]

Sound the Alarm, 28623 [14NO]

Supreme Court Blows Flag Ruling, 14462 [12JY]

Undermining Our Sense of Unity?, 15765 [21JY]

Verdict That Honored the Flag, 14483 [12JY]

Veterans Burns Flags to Buck Law, 28025 [8NO]

Veteran's View, 20568 [14SE]

Vietnam Veterans Use Artist for a Doormat, 6642 [13AP]

What Is America?, 14615 [13JY]

When They Burned the Flag Back Home—Thoughts of a Former POW, 24244 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions

Art Institute of Chicago: condemn display of exhibit that encourages disrespect for the U.S. flag (see H. Con. Res. 72)

Arts: prohibit use of grants for projects which desecrate religious or national symbols (see H.R. 2762)

Citizenship: distribution of U.S. flag to newly naturalized (see H.R. 2862)

Desecration: constitutional amendments (see S.J. Res. 171)

———flagrant and malicious (see H.R. 163; H. Con. Res. 35)

———prohibit (see S. 607, 1338, S.J. Res. 165, 167, 169, 179, 180; H.R. 1590, 2744, 2778, 2855, 2978, 2982; H.J. Res. 302-310, 312, 314, 315, 317-319, 321-326, 328-337, 339, 340, 342, 343, 348-351, 359, 360, 365, 377; H. Con. Res. 159; H. Res. 184, 185)

———Supreme Court ruling (see S. Res. 151; H. Res. 186, 188)

Display: clarify methods and restrictions (see S. 1177)

———treatment (see H.R. 1295)

District of Columbia: establish a monument at Oxen Cove Park (see H.R. 810)

Foreign trade: importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 1036)

Peace Corps: drape a U.S. flag over the caskets of deceased volunteers (see H.R. 3475)

Pledge of Allegiance: reading of tribute to the flag before recitation (see H.R. 616)

———recitation in class a requirement for receiving Federal funds (see H.R. 887)

Student aid: prevent individuals convicted of desecration from receiving Federal assistance (see H.R. 1687)

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 850)

Commentaries

Flag desecration: John C. Rose, KCTV, Kansas City, MO, 14066 [11JY]

Court decisions

Desecration of U.S. flag: Supreme Court, 12952 [22JN], 24981 [18OC]

Halter and Haywood v. State of Nebraska: John M. Harlan (1907), 13594 [27JN]

Spence v. Washington: Supreme Court, 15705 [20JY]

Street v. New York: Earl Warren, 15009 [18JY]

———Hugo L. Black, 15009 [18JY]

Texas v. Johnson: Anthony Kennedy, 13599 [27JN]

———John P. Stevens, 15009 [18JY]

———William J. Brennan, Jr., 15705 [20JY]

———William H. Rehnquist, 13597, 13599 [27JN], 15009 [18JY]

Court documents

Desecration of U.S. Flag (Texas law), 15007 [18JY]

———U.S. Code (excerpt), 4524 [16MR], 11597 [13JN]

Essays

Banner Yet Waves, 20215 [12SE]

What the American Flag and Country Mean to Me: Dana Yip, 18652 [3AU]

———Jonathan Lundberg, 18652 [3AU]

———Julie A. Yonts, 11606 [13JN]

———Matthew Willman, 18652 [3AU]

———Shannon Kochenour, 7457 [25AP]

———(excerpts), 11597 [13JN]

Why America Should Protect the Flag: Kevin Jordan, 24943 [18OC]

Why Is the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Important?: Bridget Ford, 12616 [20JN]

———Daniel Graham, 12616 [20JN]

Inscriptions

U.S. flag raised by Douglas MacArthur in Corregidor in 1945, 26466 [27OC]

Interviews

Don't let hysteria hurt flag's meaning: Representative Don Edwards with USA Today, 14462 [12JY]

Letters

Constitutional amendment on desecration of U.S. flag: American Legion, 28599 [13NO]

———Carol Herndon, 15771 [21JY]

———Miles S. Epling, American Legion, 30060 [17NO]

———Texas constituents, 14374 [12JY]

Desecration of U.S. flag: Joseph Killeen, 28025 [8NO]

———Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., 24984 [18OC]

———National Newspaper Association, 24983 [18OC]

———People for the American Way Action Fund, 24988 [18OC]

———Richard M. Gordon, 13598 [27JN]

———several constitutional law professors, 24984-24986 [18OC]

———Tobin Melroy, 16218 [26JY]

Flag Protection Act: H.F. Gierke, 19709 [7SE], 20106 [12SE]

Flag is a symbol: William L. Sinclair, 19499 [4AU]

Patriotism: Charles Sumner, 7451 [25AP]

———Cynthia L. Wilson, 17103 [31JY]

Pride of ancestors in U.S. flag: Lynn B. Lazich, 16773 [28JY]

Supreme Court ruling on desecration of U.S. flag: Earle T. Shoup, 14021 [10JY]

———Henry S. Merithew, 15326 [19JY]

———John A. Thurmon, 15779 [21JY]

Lists

American Legion flag petition signers, by State, as of September 6, 1989, 20106 [12SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 17334 [1AU], 19557 [6SE]

Colorado, 14991 [18JY], 15623 [20JY]

Florida, 14017 [10JY]

Louisiana, 14017 [10JY], 14573 [13JY]

Maine, 19557 [6SE], 19926 [7SE]

Massachusetts, 14017 [10JY]

New Hampshire, 14075 [11JY], 16672 [27JY]

Pennsylvania, 14991 [18JY], 16672 [27JY]

Texas, 19557 [6SE], 19926 [7SE]

Motions

Desecration: prohibit (H.R. 2978), concur in the Senate amendments, 24182 [12OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), table Dole amendment, 23421 [5OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), table Wilson amendment, 23420 [5OC]

National Anthem

Star Spangled Banner (excerpt), 13596 [27JN]

Newsletters

Desecration: Democratic Study Group, 20097 [12SE]

Supreme Court ruling on desecration of U.S. flag: Representative de la Garza, 13597 [27JN]

Petitions

Abington Township, PA, Board of Commissioners, 19559 [6SE]

Alliance, OH, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Anne Arundel County, MD, Council, 16818 [28JY]

Baltimore, MD, residents, 19783 [7SE]

Bayonne, NJ, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Centre, AL, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Derry, NH, City Council, 19559 [6SE]

Elmore County, AL, Commissioners, 19926 [7SE]

Emblem Club Sisters of Alaska, 19926 [7SE]

Erie, PA, City Council, 19559 [6SE]

Florida State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, 15623 [20JY]

Jacksonville, FL, City Council, 15161 [19JY]

Jefferson, NJ, Township Council, 15851 [24JY]

Miami, FL, City Commission, 19559 [6SE], 20052 [12SE]

Military Order of the Purple Heart, 19926 [7SE]

Minden, NV, Democratic Central Committee, 19559 [6SE]

Portage Township, IN, Republican Club, 15623 [20JY]

Raymondville, TX, City Commissioners, 19926 [7SE]

Richland, WA, City Council, 15851 [24JY]

Rockland County, NY, 19559 [6SE]

San Francisco, CA, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Sedgwick County, KS, Board of Commissioners, 14816 [17JY]

Sweetwater, FL, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Texas' 17th Congressional District residents, 14077 [11JY]

Toledo, OH, City Council, 19559 [6SE]

291st Army Engineer Combat Battalion, 17489 [1AU]

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., 15161 [19JY]

Weakley County, TN, Commission, 25499 [23OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 2022 [9FE], 2225 [21FE], 2499 [22FE], 2610 [23FE], 2792 [27FE], 2821 [28FE], 3210 [2MR], 3496 [6MR], 3560 [7MR], 3673 [8MR], 3842 [9MR], 4020 [13MR], 4058 [14MR], 4151 [15MR], 4480 [16MR], 4976 [20MR], 5012 [21MR], 5127 [22MR], 5213 [23MR], 5333 [3AP], 5360 [4AP], 5482 [5AP], 5667 [6AP], 5878 [10AP], 5920 [11AP], 6760 [17AP], 6832 [18AP], 7399 [25AP], 7483 [26AP], 7589 [27AP], 7637 [1MY], 7721 [2MY], 8007 [3MY], 8118 [4MY], 8432 [8MY], 8600 [9MY], 8807 [10MY], 8878 [11MY], 9120 [15MY], 9323 [16MY], 9454 [17MY], 9613 [18MY], 9993 [22MY], 10013 [23MY], 10084 [24MY], 10205 [25MY], 10397 [31MY], 10785 [5JN], 10800 [6JN], 11147 [7JN], 11450 [12JN], 11552 [13JN], 11747 [14JN], 11952 [15JN], 12276 [19JN], 12732 [21JN], 12842 [22JN], 13242 [23JN], 13494 [27JN], 13661 [28JN], 13882 [29JN], 14014 [10JY], 14030 [11JY], 14374 [12JY], 14620 [13JY], 14840 [17JY], 14926 [18JY], 15097 [19JY], 15342 [20JY], 15725 [21JY], 15783 [24JY], 16074 [25JY], 16347 [26JY], 16456 [27JY], 16771 [28JY], 16961 [31JY], 17123 [1AU], 18087 [2AU], 18534 [3AU], 19074 [4AU], 19507 [6SE], 19687 [7SE], 19960 [11SE], 20095 [12SE], 20325 [13SE], 20428 [14SE], 20640 [18SE], 20721 [19SE], 20946 [20SE], 21187 [21SE], 21400 [22SE], 21454 [25SE], 21517 [26SE], 21764 [27SE], 22200 [28SE], 22653 [2OC], 22769 [3OC], 23199 [4OC], 23326 [5OC], 23657 [6OC], 23947 [10OC], 24028 [11OC], 24176 [12OC], 24652 [13OC], 24714 [16OC], 24763 [17OC], 25058 [18OC], 25166 [19OC], 25382 [20OC], 25445 [23OC], 25516 [24OC], 25811 [25OC], 26195 [26OC], 26365 [27OC], 26471 [30OC], 26512 [31OC], 26788 [1NO], 26904 [2NO], 27076 [3NO], 27181 [6NO], 27713 [7NO], 27923 [8NO], 28176 [9NO], 28423 [13NO], 28732 [14NO], 28968 [15NO], 29467 [16NO], 29882 [17NO], 30090 [19NO], 30221 [20NO], 30717 [21NO]

———render in the Hall (see H. Res. 27), 107 [3JA]

Poems

``America's Flag,'' Roberto Sardon, 30688 [21NO]

``Betsy's Helper,'' Barbara Redden, 15011 [18JY]

``Boy and the Flag,'' Edgar A. Guest, 14910 [17JY]

``Desecration,'' Anne Johnson, 19684 [6SE]

``Don't Burn the Flag,'' Bradley Price, 24160 [11OC]

``Flag Goes By,'' Henry H. Bennett, 13829 [28JN], 13948 [29JN]

``Our Flag,'' Albert Werth, 14918 [17JY]

``Our Flag's Devotion,'' Luther Hamilton, 24159 [11OC]

``Ragged Old Flag,'' Johnny Cash, 14911 [17JY]

Press releases

Commander calls for ``redoubled'' campaign for flag's protection, 24579 [13OC]

Proclamations

U.S. flag: South Glens Falls, NY, Harrison Avenue school, 14913 [17JY]

Questions and answers

Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. flag, 18649 [3AU]

Remarks in House

Desecration: constitutional amendment, 19512 [6SE], 19712 [7SE], 20938 [19SE], 27820 [7NO]

———prohibit (H.J. Res. 305), 13956 [29JN]

———prohibit (H.J. Res. 317), 12844 [22JN]

———prohibit (H.J. Res. 318), 13220 [22JN]

———prohibit (H.J. Res. 337), 13649 [27JN], 20117 [20SE]

———prohibit (H.J. Res. 350), 14235 [11JY], 28599 [13NO]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), 15976 [24JY], 16561 [27JY], 16767 [27JY], 17119 [31JY], 19709 [7SE], 20096-20102 [12SE], 20117, 20118 [12SE], 20210, 20232, 20236 [12SE], 24177, 24182-24188 [12OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), consideration (H. Res. 262), 24180 [12OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), motion to take from Speaker's table, 23395 [5OC]

———Supreme Court ruling, 12844, 12849 [22JN], 12850, 12851 [22JN], 13206, 13215, 13219, 13223, 13229, 13231, 13232, 13235 [22JN], 13271-13274, 13493 [23JN], 13495-13501 [27JN], 13637, 13650, 13653, 13654, 13660 [27JN], 13777, 13779, 13802-13840 [28JN], 13851, 13855, 13858, 13876 [28JN], 13955 [29JN], 13966, 13981, 13983, 13987, 13988, 13995, 14005 [29JN], 14030, 14031, 14066 [11JY], 14374, 14462 [12JY], 14918 [17JY], 15101 [19JY], 15326 [19JY], 15703, 15705 [20JY], 15770 [21JY], 15961 [24JY], 16459, 16461 [27JY], 16815, 16816 [28JY], 17577 [1AU], 18192 [2AU], 18648, 18652 [3AU], 19439, 19463, 19499 [4AU], 19953 [7SE], 28025 [8NO]

———Supreme Court ruling (H. Res. 186), 13592-13602, 13603 [27JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (H.R. 1036), 2226 [21FE], 11750 [14JN]

Fourth of July: observance, 13955 [29JN]

``Our Flag'': printing of booklet, 20096 [12SE]

Patriotism: respect, 7450, 7457 [25AP]

Portage, IN: Respect the Flag ceremony, 20591 [14SE]

South Glens Falls, NY: Harrison Avenue school tribute to U.S. flag, 14913 [17JY]

Student aid: prevent individuals convicted of desecration from receiving Federal assistance (H.R. 1687), 5653 [5AP]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (H. Res. 189), 13649 [27JN], 13947 [29JN]

Treatment and display, 3673 [8MR], 3845 [9MR], 4001 [9MR], 4059 [14MR], 6641 [13AP]

U.S. Capitol Historical Society: release of ``The Flag of the United States and State Flags, Seals, and Mottoes'', 11777, 11807 [14JN]

Washington (DC) Post: editorial on Supreme Court's U.S. flag decision, 13497 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Capitol Building and Grounds: burning on steps, 26592, 26597 [31OC]

Desecration: constitutional amendment, 23575 [5OC], 27566 [6NO]

———constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 165), 13160 [22JN]

———display and treatment (S.J. Res. 171), 13441 [23JN]

———penalties, 4523, 4524 [16MR]

———prohibit, 24579 [13OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), 23120-23148, 23151-23153, 23156, 23157, 23160-23163, 23166-23173, 23177 [4OC], 23416, 23417, 23418, 23420-23422, 23577, 23578 [5OC]

———prohibit (H.R. 2978), unanimous-consent agreement, 23163 [4OC]

———prohibit (S. 607), 4542 [16MR], 13471 [23JN]

———prohibit (S.J. Res. 167), 13161 [22JN], 13281 [23JN]

———prohibit (S.J. Res. 169), 13162 [22JN]

———prohibit (S.J. Res. 179), 15004 [18JY]

———prohibit (S.J. Res. 180), 15014-15025 [18JY], 22455 [28SE], 24665-24681 [16OC], 24818-24836, 24879 [17OC], 24942-24952, 24975-24990 [18OC], 25242-25258 [19OC]

———protection (S. 1338), 15004-15014, 15021 [18JY], 22455 [28SE]

———Supreme Court ruling, 12945, 12951 [22JN], 14079 [11JY], 14250, 14251, 14258 [12JY], 14517, 14615 [13JY], 14764 [14JY], 14808 [17JY], 16217 [26JY], 16834 [31JY], 17340 [1AU], 18920 [4AU], 20087 [12SE], 25275 [19OC], 26721 [1NO], 27169 [3NO]

———Supreme Court ruling (S. Res. 151), 13001-13004 [22JN]

Display: clarify methods and restrictions (S. 1177), 11703 [14JN]

Flag Day: observance, 11740 [14JN]

``Our Flag'': tribute to congressional publication, 20478 [14SE]

Reports filed

Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Desecration of the U.S. Flag: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 180), 21325 [21SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 180) (S. Rept. 101-162), 23835 [6OC]

Prohibiting Desecration of U.S. Flag (H.R. 2978): Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2978) (H. Rept. 101-231), 19781 [7SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1338), 21325 [21SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1338) (S. Rept. 101-152), 22566 [29SE]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 262) (H. Rept. 101-275), 24029 [11OC]

———Motion to Dispose of Senate Amendments: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 262) (H. Rept. 101-275), 24129 [11OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Desecration: American Legion, 24579 [13OC]

———Coventry, RI, Town Council, 24161 [11OC]

———Dept. of Illinois AMVETS and AMVETS Auxiliary, Peoria, IL, 16841 [31JY]

———La Salle County, IL, 16841 [31JY]

———Portsmouth, RI, 24544 [13OC]

Songs

``Don't Burn My Flag'', 19463 [4AU]

``Don't Burn Old Glory,'' Gary Shook, 18920 [4AU]

``Don't Tread on Old Glory'', 20087 [12SE]

``Grand Old Flag,'' George M. Cohan, 12847 [22JN]

``Price of Glory,'' Randy Williams, 15769 [21JY]

``Respect to the American Flag'', 28344 [9NO]

Statements

American Legion Flag Amendment Petition Drive, 20106 [12SE]

Desecration of U.S. Flag, 13595 [27JN]

———ABA, 24819 [17OC]

———Anthony M. Kennedy, 24677 [16OC]

———Dept. of Justice, 24983 [18OC]

———Earl Warren, 24666 [16OC]

———Geoffrey Stone, 24819 [17OC]

———Glenn Bennett, 13598 [27JN]

———Jay Leno, 13498 [27JN]

———John P. Stevens, 12952 [22JN], 24666 [16OC], 25247 [19OC]

———President Bush, 24989 [18OC], 25258 [19OC]

———Robert J. Spanogle, 13597 [27JN]

———Senator Kerrey, 24982 [18OC]

———William H. Rehnquist, 24666 [16OC], 24983 [18OC], 25242 [19OC]

———William J. Brennan, Jr., 24677, 24678 [16OC], 25245 [19OC]

Constitutionality of the Amendment Prohibiting Desecration of the U.S. Flag, 23122 [4OC]

———Bush Administration, 25256 [19OC]

———Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., 19709 [7SE]

———Representative Montgomery, 14688 [13JY]

———Robert H. Jackson, 13599 [27JN]

———Senator Dixon, 15009 [18JY]

Constitution—First Amendment Rights: Hugo L. Black, 13601 [27JN]

Flag Day: Woodrow Wilson, 25244 [19OC]

Flag Stands for the Freedom To Be Wrong: Senator Kerrey, 17577 [1AU]

June 21, 1989—The Day That America Cries: Reading, PA, Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, 18192 [2AU]

Listen to Our Flag Speak to Us, 20110 [12SE], 24181 [12OC]

Statutory Approach To Protecting Flag: Senators Hatch and Grassley (minority views), 22886-22887 [3OC]

Symbolism: Henry W. Beecher, 4524 [16MR]

U.S. Flag: Daniel Webster, 15010 [18JY]

———(sundry excerpts), 15010 [18JY]

Testimonies

Burning of U.S. Flag: Eugene W. Hickok, Jr., 24672 [16OC], 25255 [19OC]

———Representative Applegate, 15703 [20JY]

———Walter Dellinger, 25249 [19OC]

Bush Amendment Relative to Legislation To Prohibit Flag Desecration, 23141 [4OC]

Constitutional Amendment on Desecration of U.S. Flag: Representative Michel, 14687 [13JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 186, Supreme Court ruling on desecration of U.S. Flag, 13592 [27JN]

H. Res. 189, Take Pride in the Flag Day, 13948 [29JN]

H. Res. 262, consideration of H.R. 2978, prohibit desecration, 24180 [12OC]

H.J. Res. 348, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, 13996 [29JN]

H.J. Res. 350, constitutional amendments to prohibit desecration, 14235 [11JY]

H.R. 2978, Flag Protection Act, 20102 [12SE]

S. 607, prevent desecration, 4542 [16MR]

S. 1177, clarify methods and restrictions for display, 11703 [14JN]

S. 1338, protect physical integrity of U.S. flag, 15008 [18JY]

S. Res. 151, Supreme Court ruling on desecration, 13166 [22JN]

S. Res. 213, Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. Shawn D. Eichman, 30199 [19NO]

S.J. Res. 179, prohibit desecration of U.S. flag, 15004 [18JY]

S.J. Res. 180, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, 15015 [18JY]