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Please remember - Flag Day in the USA is this Thursday, June 14. Fly your flag even if you do not normally do so. Ours flies 24/7/365.
I will be at work that day, but i have an American Flag pin on my name badge and a double flag pin on my work lanyard as well..., so I should be covered. CG ,could you give us some history behind Flag Day?? Is it pretty much to honor Old Glory and what she represents???Have you ever heard the song "Raise the Banner" by Rick Travis??? I love that song!!
The History Of Flag DayThe 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.
Thank you for the reminder!