Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating the Spirit of America, stories about honoring our flag. You know, I was at a major league baseball game a couple of years ago, eating in one of those big stadium clubs, and when the game was starting and the national anthem started playing I noticed that no one in the club was paying attention to it. I stopped what I was doing and stood watching the TV screen while the anthem played, but it seemed like it was out of favor to do that. Which is a shame. So today I want to share two stories about our flag, starting with a story about a teenage girl who proudly supported her country, despite a whole lot of peer pressure.

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