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Flag Day, like other notable and patriotic celebrations, will be observed (once again) on June 14. Here's what we have learned about the holiday.
These celebrations include flying the flag in front of residences, participating in parades, and holding other patriotic events. Several states and numerous cities had begun commemorating the day ...
Flag Day honors the first unified flag that rebellious colonists flew under General George Washington during the American Revolution. The Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, passed a ...
In 1889, the principal at a kindergarten school in New York City, George Bolch, arranged a Flag Day celebration. The move got the attention of the federal government and a national celebration was ...
These celebrations include flying the flag in front of residences, participating in parades, and holding other patriotic events. Several states and numerous cities had begun commemorating the day ...
(This year's Flag Day celebration, organized by the National Flag Day Foundation, starts at 11:30 a.m. June 9 at the foundation's Americanism Center, 4200 Valleyview Drive, Fredonia.
Flag Day is a holiday that celebrates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. ... Flag Day Celebration: Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve, Cape Coral, June 14.
Flag Day is embraced with patriotic fervor in many all-American communities, including Appleton, Wisc., Fairfield, Wash., Quincy, Mass., and Three Oaks, Mich.
The Batavia Flag Day celebration on June 14 includes two new events. At 1 p.m., author Tom Emery will present research on the Flag Day founder, Batavia dentist Dr. Bernard Cigrand, at the Schielke ...
Flag Day, a national observance, commemorates the adoption of the United States flag June 14, 1777. The seventh annual Flag Day celebration for Cherokee County has been scheduled for 11 a.m ...
Batavia holds its Flag Day celebration Saturday which included some new activities this year. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News) Jackie Buno of Palos Park and her husband Wayne came to the Flag ...