Flags are ubiquitous and folks are generous, hardy and always present. They are bursting to tell you their news and ask you where you’re from. Hats off to the unsung townfolk who brighten up the boulevards and touch our hearts. Here’s to their spirits blooming day after day, here’s to flags undulating in the warmer summer winds, here’s to ‘merica “and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.”