Rally 'Round a Clean Flag

On Flag Day, join an ad hoc, interfaith, multiracial committee of people for peace and justice at a speakout ceremony to scrub Old Glory of the 13 stains of:

Blind Patriotism, Classism, Consumerism and Environmental Injustice, Government and Corporate Corruption, Deception, Demonization, Fear, Imperialism/Unilateralism, Militarism, Racism, Sexism, Criminal Injustice and Violence

At the rally, sponsored by www.washtheflag.org, speakers will briefly address each of the 13 stains on our flag and talk about what the flag should truly stand for. The sponsors ask that, if possible, you bring:

* An American flag, dirty or clean, to wash onstage in the tubs of justice and democracy.

* Any flag that celebrates your beliefs, such as peace flags, DC flags, Palestinian flags or ecology flags, for example.

* Banners that demonstrate your right to free expression, in support of our Bill of Rights.

* Drums, noisemakers, voices and friends.

Come cleanse the stains of America's shame at noon on Saturday, June 14, at the Archives Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue and Eighth Street NW (Metro: Archives/Navy Memorial). For more information, call 202/484-FLAG (3524) or 202/548-7640, or send an e-mail.