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FLAG DAY A TIME TO DISPLAY PATRIOTISM
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Not long before Flag Day last year, 58-year-old Hobert Sidney Jr.,
spent three days digging up an old tree stump in the front yard of
his home and replacing it with a concrete pad and a flagpole.
But before he hoisted his all-weather Stars and Stripes up the
pole, the military veteran made sure the outdoor light on his garage
was secure, working well and in just the right position.
Having served in a U.S. Army Color Guard which did burial services
for soldiers killed in the Vietnam War, Sidney knew his flag
protocol, including the rule about flying the American flag after
dark.
"My flag never ...
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RECLAIMING REICHSTAG
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...years, Joseph Felder had returned to the Reichstag, to a place where, in 1933, he sat...one of the most potent symbols -- the Reichstag, a large, forbidding gray-stone neo...Renaissance building linked in history with the Reichstag fire that helped bring Adolf Hitler to...
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Christo's Deutsche Mark; Artist Gets Go-Ahead To Wrap the Reichstag
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Parliament to wrap Berlin's historic Reichstag with 1 million square feet of silver...Bulgarian American artist's "Wrapped Reichstag" project. "If God can be the subject of art, certainly the Reichstag can also be the subject of art...
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Wrapping the Reichstag. (project by artist Christo)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...withstand rough handling en route, the Reichstag sat in its open field as though Christo...the door of a passing shuttle. Did the Reichstag still exist or would David Copperfield...overcast day made the spiky, wrapped Reichstag look in reality as unreal as Christo...
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Dates in History of the Reichstag
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Online 04-19-1999 Dates in History of the Reichstag Some key dates in the history of the Reichstag: ------ 1894: Opens as seat of first...Germany still ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm. Name Reichstag means ``Imperial Parliament.'' 1918...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Sir Norman's Reichstag. (architect Norman Foster)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...has just begun on his redesign of the Reichstag, the former and future home of the German...engineered architecture. In redesigning the Reichstag, Sir Norman must instead work within...bank, Sir Norman's clients for the Reichstag are wary. As German parliamentarians...
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The Reichstag Takes the Wrap; Artist Christo and Team of `Verticalists' Nip and Tuck Berlin Building
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...steeplejacks began trussing up the Berlin Reichstag with a million square feet of silver...drizzle had given way to sunshine, and the Reichstag's four corner towers gradually vanished...expected to take four days. The "Wrapped Reichstag" has long had this town atwitter with...
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Out of Germany: Reichstag wrap artist says he'll pack `em in
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...future German parliament, the Reichstag in Berlin. For two weeks in spring...a cost of around pounds 4m, the Reichstag will be covered in 100,000 square...on rebuilding and extending the Reichstag, according to designs by Norman...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Ellison's use of Reichstag fire goes overboard.(NEWS)(Katherine Kersten)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...terror attacks to the burning of the Reichstag, or Pariament building, in Nazi...in 1933. It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that...applauding atheists. After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists...
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 "Weekend Saturday (NPR)")
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Reichstag Building Graffiti
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR)
; ...future home of the German Parliament, the Reichstag. It's now being renovated. It will...parliamentary democracy collapsed in flames. The Reichstag building still carries some curious marks...reports. DAN CHARLES, REPORTER: The Reichstag is a monumental imperial block in the...
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Reichstag Wrapping Unwinds Uptight Berlin
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...came down: Christo's wrapping of the Reichstag. Kitsch or art, the shrouding of the...skinheads and leftist anarchists gave the Reichstag a pass. Police reported only 47 thefts...the babel of tongues heard beside the Reichstag, many of the 1.5 million out-of...
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