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It's Flag Day, but do people know what the New Jersey state flag looks like?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoFlag Day is a national holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman ...
Flying high
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 2 days agoPeople across the country celebrated Flag Day on Friday, which commemorates June 14, 1777 when the Continental Congress determined the flag's...
Erie Insurance Event Honors Female Veterans
Erie News Now Plus· 4 days agoThe ceremony took place at the former Pufferbelly Restaurant on French Street in Erie.
Flag Day is Friday: Here's the symbolism and history behind the US flag
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPresident Calvin Coolidge did the same in 1927. Congress did not approve the national observation...
New American flag raised on hillside above Johnstown
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMembers of the 443rd Engineer Facilities Detachment unit of the U.S. Army Reserves hoisted the 30-foot by 60-foot flag up the 130-foot-tall flagpole at The Mound on the hillside ...
Wisconsin town stakes claim as Flag Day birthplace
Market Watch· 4 days agoPresident Woodrow Wilson issued a 1916 proclamation of June 14 as Flag Day and in 1949, President Harry S Truman signed the formal observance ...
Americans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCongress determined the composition of the nation's banner: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen...
This week in history: June 17-23
World Socialist Web Site· 3 hours agoFaulder became the first Canadian executed in the US since 1952. Aspiring presidential candidate and Texas Governor George W. Bush did not intervene to halt the execution. The Texas Board of ...
Sullivan, John Lawrence
Mountain View Telegraph· 13 hours agoMay 1949) to serve under the National Defense Act of 1947, was appointed to that office by President Harry S. Truman on 21 August 1947 ...
‘Don’t let it go to your head’: Descendants of US presidents bond at Truman museum
The Kansas City Star· 5 days agoYour Guide to KC: Star sports columnist Vahe Gregorian is changing uniforms this spring and summer, acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems of Kansas City. In certain ...
