Fly Flags at Half Staff on July 4, start with tomorrow

So much said about Bush speech last night, and my thoughts wouldn't be saying anything that hasn't been said.  Like many, wondering what I could possibly do today that hasn't already been done in one form or another.

Military family here, with 2 young Iraq veterans facing second deployments.  I stopped putting out the flag in the first year when it seemd that flag waving came to represent something other than what I felt as an American and a military family with loved ones deployed in combat in Iraq.

As the President encouraged us to fly our flags on July 4th, I wondered what would happen if people flew their flags at half staff across the country on July 4th?  A visual representation in support of the soldiers who have died, have suffered utter maiming and the soldiers who will die each day before July 4 arrives.  Wondering then, why wait till July 4th, start now and perhaps the idea will grow enough that by July 4th flags across the country will fly at half staff. [editor's note, by dyingwarriors] changed use of words half mast to half staff