️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  (CNN) It's a striking image: a new baby cradled in the American flag, held by a Navy sailor whose face we can't see. (CNN) It's a striking image: a new baby cradled in the American flag, held by a Navy sailor whose face we can't see. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą Veteran Navy Vanessa Hicks, a Virginia Beach photographer whose website is filled with sweet images of babies and their parents, shot the picture of the sailor and his baby and posted it to her Facebook page. <unk>Veteran Navy Vanessa Hicks, a Virginia Beach photographer whose website is filled with sweet images of babies and their parents, shot the picture of the sailor and his baby and posted it to her Facebook page. "I do believe that this picture right here shows what it means to be an American", Hicks told CNN affiliate WTKR. "That flag, the uniform, that baby -- exactly what every service member is out there fighting". Not everyone agreed with Hicks, herself a Navy wife whose husband is deployed.<unk> Not everyone agreed with Hicks, herself a Navy wife whose husband is deployed. Facebook page titled "You call yourself a photographer?" posted her photo and said that the use of the flag as a prop was a desecration -- and a bad picture. The U.S. Flag Code does state that the flag should never be used as "wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Nor should it be "used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything". The threatening private messages, which she has reported to Facebook, saddened her.<unk> The threatening private messages, which she has reported to Facebook, saddened her. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Most people posting to the critical Facebook page disagree with the criticism of the picture. <unk> Most people posting to the critical Facebook page disagree with the criticism of the picture. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ It is beautiful.<unk> It is beautiful.
<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Facebook critics call it desecration of the flag. (Facebook critics call it desecration of the flag) A Navy veteran whose husband is deployed took the picture.