Letter: That time of year again in Bristol

Posted 6/24/22

Must be the season of the 4th in Bristol once again. Take a walk through town and you will see people painting their houses, doing extensive landscaping, dressing up their homes with holiday regalia …

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Please log in to continue

Log in

Register to post events


If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.

Note that free accounts do not have access to our subscriber-only content.

Day pass subscribers

Are you a day pass subscriber who needs to log in? Click here to continue.


Letter: That time of year again in Bristol

Posted

Must be the season of the 4th in Bristol once again. Take a walk through town and you will see people painting their houses, doing extensive landscaping, dressing up their homes with holiday regalia and just putting on their best faces.

And then you come across all the faded, worn, torn, frayed and sorry to say unsightly American flags on houses, buildings and public spaces. Shame on you Bristol. For a town that prides itself on this American holiday, you can and should do better.

Please show some respect to those men and women who proudly protect our flag and the freedoms you come to take for granted. And more importantly show some honor for all those men and women who left it all on the line and never made it home to celebrate another 4th with their families.

Paul J. Salesi
Senior Chief, USN (Ret.)
Bristol

2024 by East Bay Media Group

Barrington · Bristol · East Providence · Little Compton · Portsmouth · Tiverton · Warren · Westport
Meet our staff
Jim McGaw

A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.