Flag Day Is Celebrated Across America On June 14th

June 13, 2014 • Leave a Comment

The american flag flies high over the canons at Fort Macon

Our Stars and Stripes Fly High and Proud Over Fort Macon

This is an excerpt from www.usflag.org and is shared with with the intent and purpose of keeping our history alive and ever before us.

~ ''The History of Flag Day'' ~

'' The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday' ..........''

Read more about 'The History of Flag Day' at

http://www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html

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Flag Day Is Celebrated Across America On June 14th

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