One of America’s Most Patriotic Houses

By Ben Philippi

A few years ago, while researching patriotic themes to photograph for my book We The People, I came across a photograph of a house painted with the stars, stripes, and colors of the American flag. It was located in Cambridge, Maryland.
I got in contact with the fellow who owned it, Branden Spear. I told him about my book project and he told me to stop by. I asked if he was a gun owner. “Of course I am,” he said. A few weeks later, I was photographing Spear in front of his patriotic house. in his hands was his trusty Mossberg 930 semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun. I got a great photo of him for my book.
Branden Spear sporting his Mossberg 930 12-gauge shotgun in front of his patriotic house in Cambridge, Maryland. (Photo: Ben Philippi/Guns.com)
Afterward, he told me about the house. As a contractor, he set out to restore it but the local historic preservation organization insisted that he follow very strict codes “They tell you basically what building materials you can use to remodel a house, which most of the time, seem ridiculously expensive and totally unaffordable. It would have cost one-third of the restoration budget just to install windows,” he said.
So

Source: Guns.com