The funny story is this: right after 9/11, when all of America was drowned in the flag, the people's republic, to no one's suprise, bucked the trend and you were hardpressed to find the old glory flying in very many places in Cambridge. With one notable exception: the Helmand! :) I guess there were playing it safe and being respectful of the sentiment in the country at the time. Except that their immediate neighbors couldn't have cared less ...he he. :)