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Critics of this blog likely won\u2019t believe this, but I am a serious flag-waver. I love Old Glory. Don\u2019t burn it in my presence if you intend to persuade me to sign on to whatever political point you are making.<\/span><\/p>\n

My love of the flag also has given me some pause about whether I want to see a film. I refer to \u201cFirst Man,\u201d the story of one of this country\u2019s most magnificent technological achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFirst Man\u201d tells the tale of Neil Armstrong\u2019s role as the \u201cfirst man\u201d to walk on the moon. Armstrong was joined by Edwin \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin on that historic \u2013 and heroic \u2013 Apollo 11 mission that achieved President Kennedy\u2019s goal of \u201clanding a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth\u201d before the end of the 1960s. The landing occurred on July 20, 1969. JFK didn\u2019t leave to see the mission accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why the trepidation about seeing \u201cFirst Man\u201d? It doesn\u2019t show one of the mission\u2019s most iconic moments: the unfurling of Old Glory on the surface of the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

I keep hearing theories as to why the film doesn\u2019t show that moment. One of them has to do with Ryan Gosling, who portrays Armstrong. Gosling is a Canadian and I\u2019ve heard some chatter about Gosling not wanting to unfurl the Stars and Stripes because he ain\u2019t an American.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe that\u2019s crap. <\/span><\/p>\n

I wish the film would depict that moment. Having said all that, I\u2019ll likely see the movie when I return home from an RV trip my wife and are taking at this moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot more to this story than a simple flag ceremony. As a proud flag-waving, patriotic American I wish they had depicted that moment. President Kennedy likely would have insisted on it. For all I know he might even have boycotted the film because of that moment\u2019s absence.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s not me. I\u2019ll see the film and enjoy all the drama that led up to Neil Armstrong\u2019s \u201cone giant leap for mankind.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n

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