Forever Flying the Flag

By MI Digital June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

By Robert May Behind this portrait of a citizen-soldier wearing his Medal of Honor and holding the tattered remnants of the Stars and Stripes—attached to a flagstaff with a makeshift repair�

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