№ 01United We Stand Finding Common Ground Beneath the Flag
On a sticky July evening, our cul-de-sac turned into a kind of living room. Lawn chairs in arcs, a folding table with watermelon wedges, the kids chalking stars that veered from five points into six and then into colorful comets. At eight o’clock on the dot, Ed from two houses down raised a flag on the short pole by his garage. He is a retired contractor, not a former general, but he took the moment seriously. We all did. He paused long enough for the cicadas to be heard, t
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