This guy USED TO have a "So Glad I Voted for Bush" sticker on his car...

[Ian David]

Since yesterday, that sticker isn't there anymore.

Also, I think he is a "gold star" parent.

He has a sticker with A white rectangle rimmed with a red border, and a single star in the middle. Is that a "gold star" flag?

Actually, it DOES kind of look like this:




But I think the star in the middle is dark green or black.

[madmax]

1. Could the star be blue?

Here is a link: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us%5Esvc.html

[Ian David]

2. Yep! That's the flag! Thanks!

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The "Sons in Service" flag was used during World War I and World War II. Each family was entitled to hang a small Son In Service flag in their window, the blue star in the center of the red-bordered white rectangle signified a family member in active service. The star was replaced (or covered) with a gold star (in practice, yellow or dark yellow) if the family member died in action. (Hence the name of the organization "Gold Star Mothers" of women who had lost sons in the war.) There were other variations to the star for missing in action, injured, captured, etc, etc, but flags of that sort are rarely, if ever, seen.

Sons in Service flags made and used by families usually were no larger than about one foot long. They were always hung vertically, a stick being sewn into the top heading of the flag and a piece of string attached to both ends of the stick - the string suspended at its midpoint from a hook or some other feature of a front window of the home.

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# A Blue Star - "Service in Army or Navy."
# A Blue Star with a Gold Greek Cross in the Center - "Wounded in Service."
# A Blue Star with a Gold Ring superimposed - "Decorated for Distinguished Service."
# An inverted Blue Star with both the Gold Greek Cross and the Gold Ring (as in (2) and (3)) - "Missing."
# An inverted Blue Star inside of a Red Ring - "Captured."
# An inverted Blue Star superimposed over a Red Pentagon - "Wounded and Decorated for Distinguished Service."
# A Gold Star bordered Blue with a Gold Ring superimposed on it - "Decorated for Distinguished Service," also seems to indicate the serviceman died, but that is not stated.
# A Blue Star superimposed over a Red Pentagon with a Gold Greek Cross in the Center and a Gold Ring Superimposed on it - "Wounded, Decorated for Distinguished Service and Missing."
# A Gold Star bordered Blue with a Laurel Wreath superimposed on it - "Died in Service. Laurel Wreath Optional."

More:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us%5Esvc.html

[Ian David]

3. Can we make one of these flags with a Yellow Elephant in it?

So we can give or mail it to Republicans who have military-age kids that aren't serving? Or give it to Young Republicans so their parents can display it?

[madmax]

4. I don't know might be a copyright infringement or

or something. :shrug:

[Ian David]

6. The Yellow Elephant people don't mind. Go ahead and ask them?

Actually, I think I'll ask them.

[DiverDave]

5. PB Blaster is a much better product

penetrates better to loosen rusted bolts and works real well taking off stickers.