Flag Burn: Fan the Raging Flames of Freedom
Jul 3rd, 2006
On July 3rd, fiesta mysteriosa hosted Santa Cruz’s 2nd Annual Old Time American Flag Burn at Seabright Beach. The celebration was a B.Y.O.F. event. Before the burning and melting of more than a dozen American flags, people gathered around the fire pit to share their personal feelings and beliefs about burning American flags. It is legal to burn American flags, however the burning of US currency is illegal. Dollar bills, powerful symbols of global capitalism, were also burned, despite the illegality of the act. 
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