To be inclusive, I'm surprised they didn't change Armstrong's gender or race. All the flag omission does is hand a participation trophy to the rest of the world.
Nevertheless, as a 6yo I remember distinctly watching the planting of the American Flag, and what a big deal it was for American ingenuity, as relayed to me by my mother and father. I remember my father turning out the lights so our whole family could see the tv better, and him taking pictures, including the planting of the flag .
Below are a couple of old photos, one which is hard to see, the American Flag, as it occurred in real-time as our family gathered around the tv, and the other of our family watching history in the making.
Freaking liberals ruin everything, they're trying to sanitize all history.....
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