Flags on 9/11 - a better idea...

Tomorrow, 9/11, is National Day of Service and Remembrance and, by order of the governor of Illinois (and, I imagine, the President of the United States), United States and Illinois flags are to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset.

I have a better idea, and I mean no disrespect to those who died on 9/11/01 or their survivors. Rather than lower the United States flag, fly it proudly at the top of the staff and so note its position. If a distinct honor to the memory of those who died on 9/11 is needed, briefly lower the U.S. flag and then restore it to the top of the flag pole.

Let this 9th anniversary of 9/11 be the last time the U.S. flag is lowered, perhaps for any occasion. I personally believe the flag should always fly at the top of the staff and that it should never be lowered - not for anyone; not on any holiday, not following the death of any public official, not at the order of the POTUS and not at the order of any governor.

And certainly not at the order of any other government official or quasi-government official.