Flag buntings decorate an historic home in the beautiful river town of Decorah, Iowa.
SIGNS OF U.S. PRIDE/patriotism/love of country are evident everywhere this week in small town Midwestern America.
Here are a few examples from a recent short trip into southeastern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa.
Enjoy.
And Happy Fourth of July, dear readers.
Chalk art at St. Feriole Island Gardens in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, along the Mississippi River.
Snapped through the windshield of the van, this aged elevator and flag, to the right, entering the Mississippi River town of Marquette, Iowa, from the north.
A few miles to the south in McGregor, Iowa, I found this “God bless America” sticker and humorous welcome on the door of a bar.
I spotted plenty of American flags in the historic Mississippi River town of Lansing, Iowa.
Signs and a flag in Lansing, Iowa.
Copyright 2013 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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