Cheers to Dan Rodricks' column "Trashing tradition" (June 5) deploring the mistreatment of our country's flag. It's disturbing to see people putting Memorial Day American flags in trash cans, even when it's "more likely done out of ignorance" or a "busy, distracted, pop culture-absorbed" life than out of any deliberate disrespect for tradition.
The media could do more to sensitize these citizens who have forgotten what our flag stands for.
Samuel A. Culotta, Baltimore