My local Firemen came to rescue my tangled US flag.

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It was just another day. I went to check mail at the old family house. I had decided to remove the no trespassing sign as it was rather bold and sounded like I wanted to arrest any and everyone who might park on the property. I had my reasons, though, but I removed it after it had been there a couple of days. There were no items in the mail box. The house had been my family home and my father and my older brother lived there before they died, leaving it up to me to take care of everything except the legal part. My sister is the executrex of the estate, but I was determined to salvage all I could from the house. So I have done a lot since my older brother, John Davis Jr. died, on his 77th birthday on January 18th, and services at the gravesite took place on the 5th day of March at Calvary Hill. I had to check to make sure the house was secure and all doors locked and no sign of trespassing. Since the day he died, up to this very date, I have been busy at cleaning out the house, and taking care of the lawn, during this heat wave where it has been over 100 degrees on practically every day for over 30 days without relenting, with a few drops in temperature on one or two days with overcast skies, due to fires to the west of Dallas-Ft. Worth, west of Tarrant county. I looked up at the flag pole and the USA flag was wrapped around the pole at the top and tangled. I couldn't get it down. I tried but failed and I was very upset as this flag means a lot to me. I am a very patriotic Democratic American. The flag represents many things to many people but to me it means democracy and has nothing to represent Trump, as I am not a respector of fake presidents. My friend, however, an American Army combat vet, would differ with me on that. I had to get that USA flag down! So, I called the local 33 fire station and they immediately responded and had no problem having one of their men simply climb up the flag pole and bring it down. The fireman asked me if there was anything else they could do for me. I told the kind Dallas Fireman, "Thanks, you did me a great service. And my brother and my father as well as myself, all appreciate and support all of you for your service to the community." - and they left back to the fire station. No. 33 at the corner of West Illinois Avenue at Vernon, in Dallas, TX. I had to take that flag home and fold it up and then call my friend, who is a good friend who is a combat veteran from the Vietnam war. He told me he would burn the flag for me and properly dispose of it, as that is what he has always done. He and I may be on opposite sides of the political line but we both have the same absolute respect for our country. The US flag can be used for good reasons or for the wrong reasons. I fly it because I am a true American patriot. A Democrat and a Catholic. I pray for the safety and well being of all the US military as I always do. During Sunday mass at my local church, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary at Hampton Rd at Ledbetter, in Dallas TX we pray for the safety and well being of law enforcement officers and fire fighters and nurses and doctors on the frontline of Covid-19 as well as for the religious freedom of Ukraine. I fly both the USA flag as well as the Ukraine flag on my home property in solidarity for Ukraine peace against the murders and bombings of innocent families all across the Ukraine. I will likely drop off some coffee and a case of drinking water at our local 33 fire station in the very near future to repay the 3 firemen who took time to help me get that USA flag down and hand it back to me so I would not have to see it all twisted and torn from the winds