Sweet Shoppe Designs

Having been born to a long line of military veterans, this page has a special meaning to me. I joined the Air Force when I was 17 and today I am proud to say that I not only am I still serving, my youngest daughter has joined ROTC and is planning on commissioning in the Air Force upon her college graduation from the University of Iowa. It is really going to take me a while to finish and who knows, I might even move on to a second page as well. I really wish I had gotten this flag as well as started digi scrapbooking a long time ago so I could have taken pictures at some of the cool places I have been since joining the Air Force but the past is the past, time to make some new memories and my flag will be there to be a part of it as well.

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The flag that I am holding in the pictures on this page is a special flag to me because I had been wanting to get a United States flag for some time but never found the right one. It wasn't until an Air Force mission that took me to Dover AFB, DE, that I ended up in Philadelphia on the 16th of January, 2014.

A few members of the crew and I decided to take a later flight back to San Antonio, TX so that we may visit some of the historical sites. We saw Carpenter's Hall, Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell, and since we were there on his birthday, we also went to Benjamin Franklin's grave.

On our way back to the hotel, we found the home of Betsy Ross. We were so disappointed that we didn't have time to tour the grounds. As we were leaving to go, a flag shop directly across the street opened up for the day. We all took that as a sign and went in for a quick look and I found the perfect flag.

Now I am planning on carrying this flag everywhere I go while I am still serving my country and beyond my retirement from the Air Force. I want to take it to every location I am blessed to go that is historical to the development of our wonderful country and it will probably visit a few random offbeat places as well.