Dear Editor,

Next week is our great Fourth of July parade celebrating the birth of our country. Always leading the parade is a color guard carrying the American flag. I ask all of you to show respect by taking off your hat and placing it over your heart. This is tradition when the flag passes by. Remember, the flag does not represent skin color, religion, race, or a political party. It represents the freedom that we all are privileged to share, paid for by men and women who have died in the servi...