June 14th Is Flag Day! Happy 246th Birthday To Old Glory!
"The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride, and history." ... Mike Fitzpatrick
June 14th is Flag Day and our Stars & Stripes are celebrating their 246th birthday today. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day is one of those holidays that many people are not always aware of as we don't have parades, don't get the day off from work or school. As a result, it's easy to let the day pass without noticing.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation (30 comments)
June 14th Is Flag Day! Happy 245th Birthday To The Red, White & Blue!
June 14th is Flag Day and our Stars & Stripes are celebrating their 245th birthday today. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day is one of those holidays that many people are not always aware of as we don't have parades, don't get the day off from work or school. As a result, it's easy to let the day pass without noticing.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14th as Flag Day. In August 1949, National (36 comments)
Happy Flag Day! Let's Hear It For The Red, White & Blue!
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day is one of those holidays that fly a bit under the radar, as we don't have parades, don't get the day off from work or school. So it's easy to let the day pass without noticing.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14th as Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress, even though it's not an official federal holiday. (Perhaps if it was, more (32 comments)
June 14th is Flag Day. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day seems to be one of those holiday that many people are not always aware of as we don't have parades, don't get the day off from work or school. So it's easy to let the day pass without noticing. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14th as Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress, even though it's not an official federal holiday. (Perhaps if it was, more (28 comments)
June 14th is Flag Day... unfortunately it's not a day many Americans take note of. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day seems to be one of those holiday that many people are not terribly aware of ... we don't have parades, we don't get the day off from work or school. So it passes many of us by without any particular attention. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14th as Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress, even though it's not an official federal holiday. (22 comments)
happy birthday to old glory: Flag Day Today, June 14th ~ Happy Birthday To Old Glory!
- 06/07/16 07:13 AM
June 14th (that's today) is Flag Day. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the American Flag on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day seems to be a holiday that many people are not terribly aware of -- we don't seem to have parades, we don't get the day off from work or school. So it passes many of us by without any particular attention. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14th as Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress, even though it's not an official federal holiday.
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