Ooh Say Can You See!

This year, the Spanish admiral granted the US military members permission to fly the American flags outside their home for the 4th of July holiday. This is the first time that the admiral has allowed this for the Americans living on base. Per the agreement made between Spain and the US about 60 years ago, the US Navy are "guests" on the Spanish base. This means that Spanish flags are always flying and in many ways, we must answer to the Spanish and ask permission for certain rights. Our American flag is only approved to be flown at Memorial Day and the 4th of July holiday and that is usually only at the flag pole in front of our command building, not in front of our homes. When we found out we would be able to fly the flag outside our home, Justin immediately got hooks and drilled them into the outside of the house to hang the flag. As we all knew we could not fly the flag here, no one brought flag poles with them in the move! We were NOT going to let that stop us from hanging Old Glory.
It was great to see so many people slowing down or staring as they drove by us hanging the flag on the wall. It is wonderful to come home and see it hanging everyday. It will be so sad on Monday when it will be taken down again and stored until we come back to the states permanently. There, we will never take for granted how special it is to fly the American flag everyday.