With some help from the Parks Department we hung the new flag on the front of our barn. For us, a flag will last about 6 months before it fades to a point where it must be replaced. I love the the way it looks the first day we hang it.
I have told many the story of why we always have the flag on the barn but it is worth retelling. Back when Glenview was home to the GNAS (Glenview Naval Air Station) there was a lot of military traffic overhead. During WW II almost all Marine and Naval aviators flew out of Glenview while they were in training classes. Lake Michigan had two make shift aircraft carriers for the pilots to practice take-offs and landings on. So the legend goes that one day a pilot noticed that if he lined up over the top of Wagner barn he was in line with a runway at GNAS. Trouble was, at the time, Glenview was a farming town with hundreds of barns. To clearly mark the Wagner barn the pilot gave Mr. Wagner an American flag to hang on the barn. It is a great story even if we can't prove it.
