The flag of the United States of America, “Stars and Stripes,” officially was adopted as the national symbol by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.
The Continental Congress proclaimed, “resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
It took more than a hundred years until the first flag day observance was held in a one-room schoolhouse in Waubeka Wis.
On June 14, 1885, teacher Bernard J. Cigrand, 19, placed a 10-inch, 38-star flag on his desk and instructed his students to write an essay on what the flag meant to them.
From that day forth, Cigrand devoted his life to bring about a national day of observance for the flag.
On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first proclamation calling for a nationwide observance of Flag Day.
In 1949, President Harry Truman signed an act of Congress designating June 14 as National Flag Day.
Source: National Flag Day Foundation
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4 comments:
Obama stopped using flags at press conferences. That is as good of an endorsement of the flag as any.
Good post. Knowing our history is essential to understanding the present.
Would love to share my post with you:
http://viewedfromtheright.blogspot.com/2010/06/flag-day-2010-long-may-she-wave.html
-LTB
Heh, Opie, I wonder if the flag deserted Obama. I certainly wouldn't want to stand next to him.
Nice post, Conservative Girl.
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