Cubs’ Rick Monday saved the American flag

Odds are high that readers of any blog are too young to remember. Heck, I’d forgotten about it until Matthew Tabor reminded me.

April 25, 1976: Rick Monday, center fielder for the Chicago Cubs, saved the U.S. flag.

Get the story from Tabor’s blog. He offers credits to HotAir.com.

Major League Baseball was kind enough to preserve the story, which you may watch below.

Resources:

• USA Today story about tribute at Houston’s Minute Maid Park in 2006
• MLB.com story on the 30-year anniversary
• Saving Old Glory:  The History of the American Flag Desecration Controversy, Robert Justin Goldstein, Westview Press, Golden Colorado, 1995.