Six (or more) flags over Manchester, NH

Oh, how I wish this flag, as imagined last year by Uproxx, really were the New Hampshire state flag:

Alas, this what we here in the Granite State are stuck with:

And here in Manchester, our city flag is just as boring:

 

I mean, just slapping the city/state seal on a solid background? Pretty uncreative if you ask me. So until the flags are redesigned, I'm at happy that there are at least a few other flags flying in Manchester, NH, to break up the monotony.

Given Manchester's history of multiculturalism, I suppose it should come as no surprise to find the flags of other countries flapping in the Queen City breeze. Take, for instance, the Polish flag flying in Kosciuszko Mini-Park on the corner of Bridge and Kosciuszko streets:

Or the Greek flag flying in Kalivas Park:

The Tricolore of France waves outside the offices of Nixon, Raiche, Vogelman, Barry & Slawsky:

While Italian flag flies outside of Piccola Italia on Elm Street:

You'll notice that the flags of other nations that are flown in Manchester represent the homelands of immigrant communities that have been in Manchester at least a century. But I've yet to see any Bosnian, Nepali or Sudanese flags whipping in the Manchester wind. Indeed, where such communities have stores or otherwise congregate, you'll usually find only American flags, which I suppose is to be expected from newcomers who want to show their appreciation for being here (or not risk the ire of nativist types).

Perhaps such was the case for the owner of the Sunoco station on the corner of Hooksett Road and Crosbie Street, who recently replaced his Lebanese flag with one of the Don't Tread on Me variety, which seemed to be pretty popular at last year's Tea Party rallies:

Another Don't Tread on Me Flag has likewise replaced the Christian flag flying beneath Old Glory at Gospel Baptist Church on the corner of Beech and Merrimack streets. Strikes me as odd for a church (not in the Bible Belt, that is):

I suspect such gestures are appreciated by those who fly other uber-patriotic flags, like the POW-MIA flags that fly above the New Hampshire National Guard Armory and the Norris Cotton Federal Building, among other locales in the city:

Ditto for my neighbor, who flys the Marine Corps flag underneath Old Glory in his front yard:

 

There are even a few traitorous flags flying about town, including this one on the Rev. Raymond A. Burns high rise on South Main Street:

I think it's fair to say that flags are, by definition, patriotic. However, this flag, flying from the residence of an anti-war homeowner on Salmon Street, goes out of its way to show that it does not represent a single nation-state or patriotic viewpoint, but rather all of humanity:

Peace, yo.

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