Flag Day 2017
In my never-ending quest to dispel the libel that liberals don't love the United States and the flag, here again is my video from 2015 on this Flag Day.
Ramblings of a Boomer Pilgrim in a Post-Modern World.
In my never-ending quest to dispel the libel that liberals don't love the United States and the flag, here again is my video from 2015 on this Flag Day.
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Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday. On June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday, beginning in the town of Rennerdale.
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