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Flag Day is Friday: Here's the symbolism and history behind the US flag
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGeneral Services Administration. President Calvin Coolidge did the same in 1927. Congress did not...
The history of Flag Day
WFMY News 2 Greensboro· 18 hours agoCongress adopted the flag with 13 red and white alternating stripes along with 13 stars to represent the number of states. According to the Library of ...
What is Flag Day?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThirty-three years later, President Harry S. Truman signed the formal observance of celebration into law, per PBS News. Now, 139 years...Great Britain...
Samuel Alito may have made "grave" move in letter to Congress—Legal analyst
Newsweek· 6 days agoSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have made a "grave" move in his letter to Congress following...
On this day in history, June 14, 1777, Congress adopts 'Stars and Stripes' flag, the 'new...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn this day in history, June 14, 1777, the nation adopted the U.S. flag. Here's more on the history...
Why is today Flag Day? Here's when and why Flag Day was created
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoBut it wasn’t until Aug. 3, 1949, that Congress approved the national observance, which President Harry Truman signed into law. "WHEREAS on June 14, 1777 ...
Is there mail on Flag Day? Post office, UPS, FedEx hours
Newsweek· 2 days agoIn 1949, President Harry Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14 of each year as...
Supreme Court Justice's wife under fire on Flag Day: "traitor"
Newsweek· 23 hours agoIn 1949, President Harry Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14 as National Flag Day,...
Star-spangled banner still waves boldly as always, Flag Day reminds Americans
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPresident Harry Truman in 1949 signed into law a bill making Flag Day a day of "national...
Why we celebrate Flag Day in June, and how to follow flag etiquette for a proper display
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoOver three decades later, President Harry Truman signed into law in 1949 designating June 14 as the national Flag Day. Is Flag Day a federal holiday? No, it is not. You can ...
