Yesterday at school my regular classroom was undergoing a scheduled deep-cleaning, so I was stationed temporarily in an alternate room. It had four walls and a floor and everything so I didn’t really mind the switch, but I found myself somewhat thrown off during the morning announcements. When we began to recite the Pledge of Allegiance I realized the classroom had no American flag.

Some quick thinking led me to Google, where I could easily find an electronic image of a flag to display.

First thing that came up when I googled “American flag”?

An advertisement to buy one.

There is nothing more American than that.