Happy Flag Day
Happy Flag Day
Happy Flag Day#0
Posted: 6/14/05 at 9:52am
Flag Day
When : June 14th
Flag Day, is a day for all Americans to celebrate and show respect for our flag, it's designers and makers. Our flag is representative of our independence and our unity as a nation...... Our flag has a proud and glorious history. It was at the lead of every battle fought by Americans. Many people have died protecting it. It even stands proudly on the surface of the moon.
As Americans, we have every right to be proud of our culture, our nation, and our flag. So raise the flag today and every day with pride!
Properly Display Our Flag
There is a right way and a wrong way to display the flag. The American flag should be held in the highest of regards. It represents our nation and the many people who gave their lives for our country and our flag. Here are the basics on displaying the American flag:
The flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset.
In the morning, raise the flag briskly. At sunset, lower it slowly. Always, raise and lower it ceremoniously.
The flag should not be flown at night without a light on it.
The flag should not be flown in the rain or inclement weather.
After a tragedy or death, the flag is flown at half staff for 30 days. It's called "half staff" on land ,and "half mast" on a ship.
When flown vertically on a pole, the stars and blue field , or "union", is at the top and at the end of the pole (away from your house).
The American flag is always flown at the top of the pole. Your state flag and other flags fly below it.
The union is always on top. When displayed in print, the stars and blue field are always on the left.
Never let your flag touch the ground, never...period.
Fold your flag when storing. Don't just stuff it in a drawer or box.
When your flag is old and has seen better days, it is time to retire it. Old flags should be burned or buried. Please do not throw it in the trash.
Did you Know? There is a very special ceremony for retiring the flag by burning it. It is a ceremony everyone should see.Your local Boy Scout group knows the proper ceremony and performs it on a regular basis. If you have an old flag, give it to them. And, attend the ceremony.
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Famous Flag People:
Betsy Ross was a seamstress who made clothes for George Washington. In June, 1776, Washington approached her to make the country's first flag and the rest is history.
Francis Scott Key Inspired by the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to our national anthem as he witnessed the event as British rockets whizzed in the air while our American Flag flew in the breeze
Did you Know? If you like to study flags, then you are a Vexillologist!
re: Happy Flag Day#1
Posted: 6/14/05 at 9:57amWow - completely forgot about this day. -Thanks, Elphaba!
re: Happy Flag Day#2
Posted: 6/14/05 at 9:57amIt's also my parents' anniversary! 18 happy years!!
re: Happy Flag Day#3
Posted: 6/14/05 at 9:59am
anytime blue, and congrats to your parents blond.
Mine celebrate their 61 or 62 second next month!
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Happy Flag Day#5
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:01amgood choice DG!
re: Happy Flag Day#6
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:16amI knew it was flag day, but the only flag shirt i own (a light blue old navy tank top with a flag on it) i wore to the gym yesterday, so it's gross.
re: Happy Flag Day#7
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:20am
but you're the boss today liotte, you could have made it 'Old Gross Shirt Day' at the office, LOL
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re: Happy Flag Day#8
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:23amYou could have one of the 18 flag shirts I have... at least two that I know of are clean right this sec...
re: Happy Flag Day#9
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:27amAnother really stupid holiday. The flag was out last month for Memorial Day, it will be out again next month for Independence Day, there is no reason to have an official day for the flag and if it is absolutely necessary, then put it somewhere farther away from the other hotlidays featuring the flag.
re: Happy Flag Day#10
Posted: 6/14/05 at 10:42am
sorry Matt, as a Vet, I disagree....and here is the history of, and the reason why it's on June 14th
The History of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate
exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary if the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
re: Happy Flag Day#11
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:07pmSo when is Bald Eagle Day? The flag is a symbol of our nation as being independent, thus Independence Day is perfectly suitable for honoring the flag. I just don't see the purpose of having a seperate "holiday" just for the flag.
re: Happy Flag Day#12
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:12pm
yay flag day!!! 
lol. my teacher was like hey its flag day adn i was like ohh didnt know that. so now i know! 
re: Happy Flag Day#13
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:12pm
yay flag day!!! lol. my teacher was like hey its flag day adn i was like ohh didnt know that. so now i know!
re: Happy Flag Day#14
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:12pm
yay flag day!!! lol. my teacher was like hey its flag day adn i was like ohh didnt know that. so now i know!
re: Happy Flag Day#15
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:12pm
yay flag day!!! lol. my teacher was like hey its flag day adn i was like ohh didnt know that. so now i know! :)
re: Happy Flag Day#16
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:24pm
The flag represents the freedom of America. We are free to say and do things that people in other countries can't freely do.
As an example of that freedom, please view the video below. It is of an Islamic protest in New York City.
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=flagrip
re: Happy Flag Day#17
Posted: 6/14/05 at 1:36pm
The funny thing is, if there was a Christian demonstration that involved the shredding of the flag of a Middle-Eastern Islamic nation, there would hell to pay.
Yes, we have more freedom than other countries. But we also pretend to have more freedom and equality than we really do. And it's getting worse. Apparently, we have the freedom to enforce our form of government on other countries. We didn't like it when the Communists did it, but it's ok if America does it. That just doesn't sit too well with me.
re: Happy Flag Day#18
Posted: 6/14/05 at 3:41pmGoth, for once my friend, you and I are in total agreement!
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