In honor of flag day, I thought I’d share a little story about my childhood. When I was young, I believed so strongly that there was a special police taskforce dedicated to enforcing the rules on how to fly and handle the American Flag. I believed that if you violated any of these set rules, they would descend upon you in helicopters with machine guns, and the whole 9 yards. This belief was driving me mad one summer day in my earlier childhood.

I was selected to participate in the daily flag lowering ceremony at Sunset Beach in Cape May, NJ. I spent the whole day worrying about what to do. What if the flag touched the ground, what if I messed up folding it, what if brought it down to fast. The fear was just so much for me. Needless to say the time came to lower the flag, and everything went splendidly.

Anyways, if any of you happen to ever be in the area of Cape May, be sure to stop by Sunset Beach. Grab some food at the grill, check out the gift shops, and look for cape may diamonds! Come sunset, be sure to be back by the flag area for the flag ceremony. You won’t be dissappointed.