flag1-web2.jpgA silent tribute to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces who have died in the two conflicts in Iraq is traveling around the country. Recently it stopped here in St. Petersburg.  The day  I took this photo, about two weeks ago, a volunteer was adding two more flags — one flag for each of two soldiers who had been killed the day before. That brought the total number of flags on display to 4,440.  A sad number. The grassy lot on which the tribute was set up was a sea of red, white and blue.  The emphasis here should be on red, for the blood each shed to protect us from those who wish us ill.