I'm grateful for the service and sacrifices of the men and women in the United States Armed Forces and their families.
The six branches of the US military are: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. Their seals surround the United States flag, also known as the Stars and Stripes and Old Glory, in the display below.
Also in honor of our active service personnel on this forum, I selected online photos of vintage surface care appliances from my three favorite manufacturers that were close to the official US flag color names of "Old Glory Red": (Hoover's Canton Red & Pearl White line plus one from CA: models 434, 2200, & 5338), White (Electrolux Model L, PN-1, & Rug Washer), and "Old Glory Blue" (some Eureka blue & white model-types 1779-A, 3320-B courtesy of JustJunque, and 2084-A courtesy of TheSpiritof76).
Btw, Captain William Driver (1803-1886) received a 10 x 17-foot flag for his 21st birthday from his mother and friends, naming it "Old Glory" (loyal honor). The National Museum of American History says that the moniker became widely known after Driver displayed the flag on the Capitol dome in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862.
Our military helps maintain our country's freedoms, such as how and where we spend our leisure and worship times, our free speech that maintains safeguards of others' lives, legal parameters with law enforcement and judicial oversight, and our self-defense. It also assists other militaries in the welfare of nations around the world. I salute them and their families for that.

The six branches of the US military are: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. Their seals surround the United States flag, also known as the Stars and Stripes and Old Glory, in the display below.
Also in honor of our active service personnel on this forum, I selected online photos of vintage surface care appliances from my three favorite manufacturers that were close to the official US flag color names of "Old Glory Red": (Hoover's Canton Red & Pearl White line plus one from CA: models 434, 2200, & 5338), White (Electrolux Model L, PN-1, & Rug Washer), and "Old Glory Blue" (some Eureka blue & white model-types 1779-A, 3320-B courtesy of JustJunque, and 2084-A courtesy of TheSpiritof76).
Btw, Captain William Driver (1803-1886) received a 10 x 17-foot flag for his 21st birthday from his mother and friends, naming it "Old Glory" (loyal honor). The National Museum of American History says that the moniker became widely known after Driver displayed the flag on the Capitol dome in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862.
Our military helps maintain our country's freedoms, such as how and where we spend our leisure and worship times, our free speech that maintains safeguards of others' lives, legal parameters with law enforcement and judicial oversight, and our self-defense. It also assists other militaries in the welfare of nations around the world. I salute them and their families for that.
