Flag Day--Anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777
Event Details
Time: June 14, 2012 all day
Location: home or public building, etc.
Street: every street
City/Town: every town, USA
Event Type: flag day
Organized By: posted by W. Branstetter
Latest Activity: Jun 14, 2012
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Event Description
Display the colors.
The idea for a celebration of the birthday for the flag was started in 1885 and went through several years and organizations supporting the idea. President Wilson did a proclamation in 1916 but it was not until August 3, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating the date National Flag Day.
http://www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html
There is more here:
http://www.united-states-flag.com/flag-day-history.html
"Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation."
-Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress, June 14, 1777
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