Store should not have removed American flag

I asked on Sunday, Feb. 10, while checking out at the Meijer store in Highland what happened to the American flag that was on the wall?

Fox on the Fairway

Lance Baker, from left, Michael Mahler and Norm Boucher, bet on the green in "The Fox on the Fairway."

Large flag unfurled at game

Members of the Munster High football team unfurl a huge U.S. flag before the start of the Lowell-Munster boys basketball game Friday.

Old Glory flies at American School

Rene Villalva, far left, the new principal at the American School, a distance learning school for home-schooled, high school-age children in Lansing, watches as John Ulaszek, from the Lansing Veterans Memorial Ceremonial Honor Guard, prepares to raise the new flag at the school. The Lansing …

Old Glory flies at American School

Standing with one of the new flags at the American School in Lansing are, from left, Paul Orich, of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, which donated the flag; Gary Masterton, preident of American School; Renee Villalva, school principal; and Larry Grzywinski, with the Lansing Veter…

Old Glory flies at American School

John Ulaszek, from the Lansing Veterans Memorial Ceremonial Honor Guard, prepares to raise the new flag at the American School in Lansing. Rene Villalva, the new principal at the school, a distance learning institute for home-schooled, high school-age children, decided the school needed a fl…

Veterans had already put flag on my grandfather's grave

I was on my way to put a flag on my grandfather's grave at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was in the G.A.R. in the Civil War. The V.F.W. and the American Legion put an American flag and a medallion on his grave. Good job. Well done.

Portage City Hall to get new flagpoles

PORTAGE | The Redevelopment Commission this week approved the spending of up to $3,500 to erect a new set of flag poles in front of City Hall.

Flag with Sewn Messages from Museum Exhibit

The message on a rescue flag is shown translated into a variety of Asian languages, as sewn inside an airman's flight jacket and displayed as part of the "Ours to Fight For" traveling exhibit of the Museum of Jewish Heritage of New York City, now in Skokie, Ill., until June 17.

House votes to add POW/MIA flag to display in its chamber

INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage, persuaded the Indiana House on Monday to add a POW/MIA flag to the U.S. and state flags on display in the chamber.

Local Legions see spike in flag retiring after 9/11

Eric Matan holds Debi Lunsford's old American flag that was replaced with a new one Monday.

Local Legions see spike in flag retiring after 9/11

Debi Lunsford, right, and her fiance, Eric Matan, retire her old faded American flag and replace it with a new one Monday.

'Lean on the flag'

Portage High School JROTC members and Valparaiso American Legion Post 94 member Joe Kusiak salute the American flag Tuesday while installing it outside the home of Portage resident and National Guard veteran Mark Carmona who has been diagnosed with brain cancer.

'Lean on the flag'

Portage High School JROTC students Cadet Lance Cpl. Thomas Richter, right, and Cadet 2nd Lt. Andrew Medanich, center, along with Valparaiso American Legion Post 94 member Joe Kusiak, install a flagpole Tuesday outside the home of Portage resident Mark Carmona who has been diagnosed with brai…

'Lean on the flag'

Army National Guard veteran Mark Carmona watches as a flagpole is installed outside his parent's home Tuesday in Portage. Students in the Portage High School JROTC program and Joe Kusiak of Valparaiso American Legion Post 94 installed the flagpole for Carmona who has brain cancer. Carmona co…

'Lean on the flag'

Army National Guard Sgt. Mark Carmona watches as members of the Portage High School JROTC work to install a flagpole outside his parents' home Tuesday in Portage. Carmona was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year.

'Lean on the flag'

Army National Guard veteran Mark Carmona watches from the doorway Tuesday as members of the Portage High School JROTC install a flagpole outside his parents' home in Portage.

'Lean on the flag'

Portage High School JROTC Cadet 2nd Lt. Andrew Medanich hands a flagpole topper off to Valparaiso American Legion Post 94 member Joe Kusiak as they install a flagpole outside the home of Portage resident Mark Carmona on Tuesday. Carmona was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year.

Women hailed as heroines for rescue

Porter County Sheriff David Lain presents Meagan Arizpe, right, and Tristen Comegys with lifesaving awards Monday for rescuing an 89-year-old woman from a flooded drainage ditch in March.