I came home last week to see a small, paper American flag sticking out of my uncle's briefcase. How is it that my uncle, who unwillingly accompanies my aunt to watch the fireworks from the East River on the 4th of July, has suddenly transformed into a pureblooded patriot with his miniature flag?

	Zachariah Artstien, Age 18, Art Student's League, Manhattan
	Camilla Dodik, Age 14, JHS 157, Rego Park, Queens
	Taresh Batra, Anna Belc, Marcel Briones, Catherine Choy, Tim Drinan, Sahnleight Jalea, Liz O:Callahan, Chantelle Smith, Carlos Williams, and Chris Yee, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan
	Brian Chu, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan
	Tom DiNapoli, Age 13, Barkalow Middle School, Freehold
	Lisandra Fernandez, Age 16, Martin Van Buren High School, Queens Village
	Daniel Glancey, Age 14, Lemoyne Middle School, Lemoyne, PA
	Matthew Rivas Greeley, Age 14, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn
	Jenny Kononenko, Age 16, LaGuardia High School, Manhattan
	Reyna Machado, Midwood High School, Brooklyn
	Vanashree Samant, Age 17, Trinity School, Manhattan
	Noah Shulman, Age 17, The Dwight School, Manhattan
	Matthew Steinberg, Age 18, LaGuardia High School, Manhattan
	Simon Vozick-Levinson, Age 18, Fieldston School, Bronx