Learning About Patriotic Service Flags
July 3, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Parenting
With thoughts of patriotism in our minds around the Fourth of July, why not teach our children more about the Service Flags for military personnel serving, injured or killed? These window or service flags are part of our history and originated to commemorate soldiers in World War I, sometimes called The Great War.
I found one in my grandmother’s memorabilia trunk. It represented her son, my Uncle Charles, who served in that war and came back alive. These flags, a blue star on white background surrounded by a red border hung in the windows of families who had a member fighting for …read more




