WJBF, Georgia, USA Thursday, November 15, 2007

Braille American Flag

Wichita, Kansas -- For blind Americans, seeing the stars, stripes 
and colors
of the American flag isn't possible. But, one Kansas company is 
hoping to
distribute a unique U.S. flag, made especially for them.

Officials, with the Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, say 
they've made
an American flag in braille. It informs the blind of the 50 
stars, 13
stripes and colors that make up our nation's flag. The Pledge of 
Allegiance
is also on there.

Randolph Cabral, Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, "The 
very first
person that actually saw the flag that we were present with, she 
actually
started crying. She didn't know why the flag had never been made 
available
before. She's an elderly woman but when she started touching it, 
she said,
'Oh my God, this is the American flag.'"

The institute is working with local lawmakers to get the flag 
distributed.
They'd also like to see it placed at Arlington National Cemetery 
in Virginia
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