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From Tradition to Taboo? Rethinking Public Displays of the American Flag

A few summers back, a small coffee shop on a corner near my office hung a modest American flag above its door. Nothing fancy, just a well kept banner that matched the red stools inside. It lasted a week. After a couple of customers emailed saying the flag felt like a “political statement,” the owner removed it. He told me he wanted to “stay neutral.” The shop is still there, but the entrance looks naked, as if a piece of its personality had been stripped out for safety.