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Fly the Stars and Stripes proudly, on Flag Day and every day.
A fine day to celebrate our flag
Brooklyn: This day, June 14, is a day to fly Old Glory, to put on a flag pin or to wear a shirt representing the red, white and blue. This year, with the Boston Marathon bombing, our troops still in Afghanistan and enemies who still want to commit acts of terrorism against us, we should fly Old Glory even higher. I would like to thank those at the Daily News for remembering days like Veterans Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July — and Flag Day — which represent the sacrifice of the many who have made it possible to keep Old Glory flying high. Joseph V. Comperchio
Lindenhurst, L.I.: Flag Day is one of those times for saluting the American flag. Let us remember that the flag was born June 14, 1777, when Betsy Ross got the country all sewed up. A blush of color fills the sky when our flag flies. Our flag stands guards over America — waving a sign of freedom for all the people. Salute the American flag made in the U.S.A. Robert Davniero
Get a move on!
Manhattan: Mayor Bloomberg can ban whatever he wants to ban, but what never should have been banned was daily physical education in schools. I can't believe he thinks it's okay to ban sweet, sugary drinks, but not to give kids gym more than one day a week. Bring back physical education, and I guarantee that kids moving every day will have an impact. Beverly Johnson-Godette
Spin cycle
Manhattan: Thank you for the editorial "Solar eclipse" (June 10), which asked Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to come clean on glitches in the bike share program. But we shouldn't expect a commissioner who has run DOT with overbearing arrogance to suddenly be truthful. For six years, surveys, facts and figures have been manipulated to justify her reconfigurations of our streets, which have made city traffic the worst in the nation. The Bloomberg-Sadik-Khan duo will leave a legacy as the most corrupt administration in New York's history and leave the next mayor a multibillion-dollar deficit. Max E. Forman
Her home, her castle
Howell, N.J.: "Fate's fickle & rich" (June 6) said $590 million Powerball winner Gloria Mackenzie lived in a "tiny single-story shack of a house." How many of us still live in our starter homes? Not everyone can afford McMansions. And her house doesn't look like a shack to me. Mary Ann Callahan
Super sleuth
Brooklyn: Joselyn MartÃnez, who spent $280 to find her father's killer ("Caught daddy's killer," June 11), should be hired by the NYPD and the FBI to find the culprits in cold cases and the hiding place of Edward Snowden — who, in my opinion, did not commit any crime. Francisco J. Castillo
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