On the next street, an American flag attached to the mailbox, decidedly inelegantly, by some strips of duct tape. Or duck tape. I've never known which ... and on checking, I find it was originally duck tape, invented during WWII to tape boxes tightly so that they can be carried safely through water. Then it started to be called duct tape, and used - well, maybe used, on ducts. It shouldn't be used on ducts, because the heat melts it, and it turns into a sticky mess - but there again, I don't suppose it should be used on ducks. In any case ... the flimsy precarity seems about right for this particular 250th birthday.
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