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Editorial: What our flag means – and why it matters
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 11 hours agoIn 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed the formal observance into law. For 50 years, Kerr was national chairman of the American Flag ...
Flag Day is Friday: Here's the symbolism and history behind the US flag
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Calvin Coolidge did the same in 1927. Congress did not approve the national observation...
Americans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCongress determined the composition of the nation's banner: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen...
‘Don’t let it go to your head’: Descendants of US presidents bond at Truman museum
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCity. Send your ideas to vgregorian@kcstar.com. In certain ways, Clifton Truman Daniel enjoyed a...
It's Flag Day, but do people know what the New Jersey state flag looks like?
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoFlag Day is a national holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman ...
Flags in Central Louisiana Field of Honor pay homage to any and every American
The Town Talk via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoCoolidge n 1927 issued proclamations for June 14 to be observed as National Flag Day. It wasn’t...
On this day in history, June 15, 1864, Arlington National Cemetery is established in Virginia
AOL· 3 hours agoOn this day in history, June 15, 1864, Arlington National Cemetery, our nation’s honorable military burial ground, was officially established. The national cemetery began ...
What is Flag Day?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoDecades later, President Woodrow Wilson issued a 1916 proclamation declaring June 14 as Flag Day. Thirty-three years later, President Harry S. ...
Exploring the history and etiquette of Flag Day
KY3 Springfield· 1 day agoIt’s on that date in 1777 when the Continental Congress decided what the flag should look like. The United States was still at war with Great Britain....
Frederick Franklin Masonic Lodge in Plainville Celebrates Flag Day
FOX61· 3 hours agoThe Frederick Franklin Lodge No. 14 in Plainville held its 17th annual Flag Day ceremony at the Plainville Masonic Temple Friday evening. Patriotism was on full display, as the Color Guard marched inside. “The Flag means a lot.”